#9E8919#9E8919

#9E8919 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8919
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 25)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -3.37, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 56.99, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0161 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2229, 25.2319, 4.5666)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8919 #192E9E

analogous

#9E4619 #9E8919 #709E19

triadic

#9E8919 #199E89 #89199E

tetradic

#9E8919 #199E46 #192E9E #9E1970

square

#9E8919 #199E46 #192E9E #9E1970

split-complementary

#9E8919 #19709E #46199E

monochromatic

#342D08 #695B11 #9E8919 #D3B721 #E3CC4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9E8919 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8919

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8919	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab62',
    500: '#9e8919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8919;
$custom-light: #bfab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8919

secondary

#4E60C5

accent

#55EF38

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8919

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

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