#9E8A1B#9E8A1B

#9E8A1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A1B
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -3.86, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 56.69, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0173 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3881, 25.5264, 4.7319)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A1B #1B2F9E

analogous

#9E491B #9E8A1B #719E1B

triadic

#9E8A1B #1B9E8A #8A1B9E

tetradic

#9E8A1B #1B9E49 #1B2F9E #9E1B71

square

#9E8A1B #1B9E49 #1B2F9E #9E1B71

split-complementary

#9E8A1B #1B719E #491B9E

monochromatic

#352F09 #6A5C12 #9E8A1B #D2B824 #E1CC52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9E8A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A1B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A1B	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)

#9E8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab63',
    500: '#9e8a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a1b;
$custom-light: #bfab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A1B

secondary

#5162C4

accent

#56EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A1B

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

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