#9E8717#9E8717

#9E8717 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.123 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8717
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -2.33, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 57.03, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0133 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.123 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9205, 24.6602, 4.3631)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8717 #172E9E

analogous

#9E4417 #9E8717 #719E17

triadic

#9E8717 #179E87 #87179E

tetradic

#9E8717 #179E44 #172E9E #9E1771

square

#9E8717 #179E44 #172E9E #9E1771

split-complementary

#9E8717 #17719E #44179E

monochromatic

#332C07 #69590F #9E8717 #D3B51F #E5CA4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9E8717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9E8717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8717

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8717	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: #9e8717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.123 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa961',
    500: '#9e8717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8717;
$custom-light: #bfa961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62635,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8717

secondary

#4A60C6

accent

#56F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8717

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

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