#9E8B1F#9E8B1F

#9E8B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.122 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B1F
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -4.26, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 55.73, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0181 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.122 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5817, 25.8345, 5.0405)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B1F #1F329E

analogous

#9E4C1F #9E8B1F #719E1F

triadic

#9E8B1F #1F9E8B #8B1F9E

tetradic

#9E8B1F #1F9E4C #1F329E #9E1F71

square

#9E8B1F #1F9E4C #1F329E #9E1F71

split-complementary

#9E8B1F #1F719E #4C1F9E

monochromatic

#38310B #6B5E15 #9E8B1F #D1B829 #DECA59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9E8B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B1F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B1F	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)

#9A8702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.122 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac65',
    500: '#9e8b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b1f;
$custom-light: #bfac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B1F

secondary

#5667C2

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B1F

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

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