#9E8716#9E8716

#9E8716 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8716
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -2.36, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 57.29, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0135 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9106, 24.6563, 4.3113)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8716 #162D9E

analogous

#9E4316 #9E8716 #719E16

triadic

#9E8716 #169E87 #87169E

tetradic

#9E8716 #169E43 #162D9E #9E1671

square

#9E8716 #169E43 #162D9E #9E1671

split-complementary

#9E8716 #16719E #43169E

monochromatic

#332B07 #68590F #9E8716 #D4B51D #E6CB49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9E8716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9E8716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8716

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8716	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa961',
    500: '#9e8716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8716;
$custom-light: #bfa961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8716

secondary

#495EC7

accent

#56F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8716

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

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