#9E8A19#9E8A19

#9E8A19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A19
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 25)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -3.92, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 57.26, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0176 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3658, 25.5175, 4.6142)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A19 #192D9E

analogous

#9E4719 #9E8A19 #6F9E19

triadic

#9E8A19 #199E8A #8A199E

tetradic

#9E8A19 #199E47 #192D9E #9E196F

square

#9E8A19 #199E47 #192D9E #9E196F

split-complementary

#9E8A19 #196F9E #47199E

monochromatic

#342E08 #695C11 #9E8A19 #D3B821 #E3CD4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9E8A19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A19

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A19	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab62',
    500: '#9e8a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a19;
$custom-light: #bfab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63298,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A19

secondary

#4E60C5

accent

#54EF38

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A19

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

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