#9E881E#9E881E

#9E881E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E881E
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -2.65, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 55.21, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0136 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1403, 24.9724, 4.8294)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E881E #1E349E

analogous

#9E481E #9E881E #749E1E

triadic

#9E881E #1E9E88 #881E9E

tetradic

#9E881E #1E9E48 #1E349E #9E1E74

square

#9E881E #1E9E48 #1E349E #9E1E74

split-complementary

#9E881E #1E749E #481E9E

monochromatic

#372F0A #6B5C14 #9E881E #D1B428 #DFC857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9E881E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#9E881E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E881E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E881E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E881E	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#978502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e881e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaa64',
    500: '#9e881e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e881e;
$custom-light: #bfaa64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e881e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62887,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E881E

secondary

#5568C3

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E881E

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

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