#9E8C19#9E8C19

#9E8C19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8C19
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 25)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -5.01, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 57.81, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0207 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6553, 26.0967, 4.7107)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8C19 #192B9E

analogous

#9E4919 #9E8C19 #6D9E19

triadic

#9E8C19 #199E8C #8C199E

tetradic

#9E8C19 #199E49 #192B9E #9E196D

square

#9E8C19 #199E49 #192B9E #9E196D

split-complementary

#9E8C19 #196D9E #49199E

monochromatic

#342E08 #695D11 #9E8C19 #D3BB21 #E3CF4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9E8C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9E8C19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8C19

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8C19	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfad62',
    500: '#9e8c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8c19;
$custom-light: #bfad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8C19

secondary

#4E5EC5

accent

#51EF38

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8C19

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

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