#9E861A#9E861A

#9E861A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E861A
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -1.69, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 55.93, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0113 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.121 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8134, 24.3952, 4.4842)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E861A #1A329E

analogous

#9E441A #9E861A #749E1A

triadic

#9E861A #1A9E86 #861A9E

tetradic

#9E861A #1A9E44 #1A329E #9E1A74

square

#9E861A #1A9E44 #1A329E #9E1A74

split-complementary

#9E861A #1A749E #441A9E

monochromatic

#352D09 #695911 #9E861A #D3B323 #E2C850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9E861A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9E861A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E861A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E861A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E861A	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)

#9B8B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e861a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa862',
    500: '#9e861a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e861a;
$custom-light: #bfa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e861a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62432,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E861A

secondary

#4F64C5

accent

#5AEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E861A

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

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