#9E8B19#9E8B19

#9E8B19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B19
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 25)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -4.47, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 57.54, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0192 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5099, 25.8058, 4.6622)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B19 #192C9E

analogous

#9E4919 #9E8B19 #6E9E19

triadic

#9E8B19 #199E8B #8B199E

tetradic

#9E8B19 #199E49 #192C9E #9E196E

square

#9E8B19 #199E49 #192C9E #9E196E

split-complementary

#9E8B19 #196E9E #49199E

monochromatic

#342E08 #695D11 #9E8B19 #D3B921 #E3CE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B19

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B19	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac62',
    500: '#9e8b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b19;
$custom-light: #bfac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B19

secondary

#4E5FC5

accent

#53EF38

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B19

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

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