#9E891E#9E891E

#9E891E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E891E
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -3.20, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 55.49, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0152 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.121 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2818, 25.2554, 4.8765)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E891E #1E339E

analogous

#9E491E #9E891E #739E1E

triadic

#9E891E #1E9E89 #891E9E

tetradic

#9E891E #1E9E49 #1E339E #9E1E73

square

#9E891E #1E9E49 #1E339E #9E1E73

split-complementary

#9E891E #1E739E #491E9E

monochromatic

#37300A #6B5C14 #9E891E #D1B628 #DFC957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E891E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9E891E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E891E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E891E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E891E	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)

#988601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e891e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab64',
    500: '#9e891e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e891e;
$custom-light: #bfab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e891e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E891E

secondary

#5567C3

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E891E

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

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