#9E891B#9E891B

#9E891B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E891B
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -3.31, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 56.41, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0158 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2453, 25.2408, 4.6843)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E891B #1B309E

analogous

#9E481B #9E891B #729E1B

triadic

#9E891B #1B9E89 #891B9E

tetradic

#9E891B #1B9E48 #1B309E #9E1B72

square

#9E891B #1B9E48 #1B309E #9E1B72

split-complementary

#9E891B #1B729E #481B9E

monochromatic

#352E09 #6A5C12 #9E891B #D2B624 #E1CA52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E891B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9E891B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E891B

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E891B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E891B	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)

#9D8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e891b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab63',
    500: '#9e891b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e891b;
$custom-light: #bfab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e891b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63089,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E891B

secondary

#5163C4

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E891B

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

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