#9E8A1E#9E8A1E

#9E8A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A1E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -3.75, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 55.77, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0168 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.122 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4246, 25.5410, 4.9241)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A1E #1E329E

analogous

#9E4A1E #9E8A1E #729E1E

triadic

#9E8A1E #1E9E8A #8A1E9E

tetradic

#9E8A1E #1E9E4A #1E329E #9E1E72

square

#9E8A1E #1E9E4A #1E329E #9E1E72

split-complementary

#9E8A1E #1E729E #4A1E9E

monochromatic

#37300A #6B5D14 #9E8A1E #D1B728 #DFCA57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A1E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A1E	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab64',
    500: '#9e8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a1e;
$custom-light: #bfab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63323,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A1E

secondary

#5566C3

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A1E

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

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