#9E8B1B#9E8B1B

#9E8B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B1B
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -4.40, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 56.96, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0188 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5322, 25.8147, 4.7799)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B1B #1B2E9E

analogous

#9E4A1B #9E8B1B #709E1B

triadic

#9E8B1B #1B9E8B #8B1B9E

tetradic

#9E8B1B #1B9E4A #1B2E9E #9E1B70

square

#9E8B1B #1B9E4A #1B2E9E #9E1B70

split-complementary

#9E8B1B #1B709E #4A1B9E

monochromatic

#352F09 #6A5D12 #9E8B1B #D2B924 #E1CD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B1B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B1B	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)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac63',
    500: '#9e8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b1b;
$custom-light: #bfac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63526,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B1B

secondary

#5161C4

accent

#54EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B1B

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

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