#9E871A#9E871A

#9E871A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E871A
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -2.24, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 56.18, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0128 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.121 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9523, 24.6729, 4.5305)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E871A #1A319E

analogous

#9E451A #9E871A #739E1A

triadic

#9E871A #1A9E87 #871A9E

tetradic

#9E871A #1A9E45 #1A319E #9E1A73

square

#9E871A #1A9E45 #1A319E #9E1A73

split-complementary

#9E871A #1A739E #451A9E

monochromatic

#352D09 #695A11 #9E871A #D3B423 #E2C950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9E871A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9E871A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E871A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E871A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E871A	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)

#9C8B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e871a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa962',
    500: '#9e871a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e871a;
$custom-light: #bfa962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e871a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62649,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E871A

secondary

#4F64C5

accent

#59EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E871A

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

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