#9E8D19#9E8D19

#9E8D19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D19
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 25)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -5.56, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 58.10, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0222 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8021, 26.3902, 4.7596)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D19 #192A9E

analogous

#9E4A19 #9E8D19 #6C9E19

triadic

#9E8D19 #199E8D #8D199E

tetradic

#9E8D19 #199E4A #192A9E #9E196C

square

#9E8D19 #199E4A #192A9E #9E196C

split-complementary

#9E8D19 #196C9E #4A199E

monochromatic

#342F08 #695E11 #9E8D19 #D3BC21 #E3D04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9E8D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9E8D19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D19

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D19	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfad63',
    500: '#9e8d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d19;
$custom-light: #bfad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D19

secondary

#4E5DC5

accent

#50EF38

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D19

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

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