#9E8B1E#9E8B1E

#9E8B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B1E
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -4.30, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 56.05, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0183 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5687, 25.8293, 4.9722)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B1E #1E319E

analogous

#9E4B1E #9E8B1E #719E1E

triadic

#9E8B1E #1E9E8B #8B1E9E

tetradic

#9E8B1E #1E9E4B #1E319E #9E1E71

square

#9E8B1E #1E9E4B #1E319E #9E1E71

split-complementary

#9E8B1E #1E719E #4B1E9E

monochromatic

#37310A #6B5E14 #9E8B1E #D1B828 #DFCB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9E8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B1E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B1E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac64',
    500: '#9e8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b1e;
$custom-light: #bfac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B1E

secondary

#5565C3

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B1E

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

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