#9E8D1B#9E8D1B

#9E8D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D1B
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -5.49, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 57.53, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0219 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8245, 26.3992, 4.8773)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D1B #1B2C9E

analogous

#9E4C1B #9E8D1B #6E9E1B

triadic

#9E8D1B #1B9E8D #8D1B9E

tetradic

#9E8D1B #1B9E4C #1B2C9E #9E1B6E

square

#9E8D1B #1B9E4C #1B2C9E #9E1B6E

split-complementary

#9E8D1B #1B6E9E #4C1B9E

monochromatic

#353009 #6A5E12 #9E8D1B #D2BC24 #E1CF52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9E8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D1B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D1B	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#A08F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfad63',
    500: '#9e8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d1b;
$custom-light: #bfad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D1B

secondary

#5160C4

accent

#51EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D1B

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

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