#9E861E#9E861E

#9E861E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E861E
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -1.55, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 54.68, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0105 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.119 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8613, 24.4144, 4.7363)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E861E #1E369E

analogous

#9E461E #9E861E #769E1E

triadic

#9E861E #1E9E86 #861E9E

tetradic

#9E861E #1E9E46 #1E369E #9E1E76

square

#9E861E #1E9E46 #1E369E #9E1E76

split-complementary

#9E861E #1E769E #461E9E

monochromatic

#372F0A #6B5A14 #9E861E #D1B228 #DFC657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9E861E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9E861E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E861E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E861E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E861E	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)

#958303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e861e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa864',
    500: '#9e861e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e861e;
$custom-light: #bfa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e861e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62453,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E861E

secondary

#556AC3

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E861E

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

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