#9E881A#9E881A

#9E881A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E881A
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -2.79, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 56.44, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0144 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0924, 24.9533, 4.5772)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E881A #1A309E

analogous

#9E461A #9E881A #729E1A

triadic

#9E881A #1A9E88 #881A9E

tetradic

#9E881A #1A9E46 #1A309E #9E1A72

square

#9E881A #1A9E46 #1A309E #9E1A72

split-complementary

#9E881A #1A729E #461A9E

monochromatic

#352E09 #695B11 #9E881A #D3B523 #E2CA50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9E881A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#9E881A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E881A

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E881A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E881A	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e881a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaa62',
    500: '#9e881a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e881a;
$custom-light: #bfaa62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e881a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62866,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E881A

secondary

#4F63C5

accent

#58EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E881A

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

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