#9E8616#9E8616

#9E8616 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8616
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -1.80, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 57.05, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0119 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7718, 24.3786, 4.2650)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8616 #162E9E

analogous

#9E4216 #9E8616 #729E16

triadic

#9E8616 #169E86 #86169E

tetradic

#9E8616 #169E42 #162E9E #9E1672

square

#9E8616 #169E42 #162E9E #9E1672

split-complementary

#9E8616 #16729E #42169E

monochromatic

#332B07 #68580F #9E8616 #D4B41D #E6CA49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9E8616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9E8616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8616

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8616	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa860',
    500: '#9e8616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8616;
$custom-light: #bfa860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8616

secondary

#495FC7

accent

#57F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8616

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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