#9E8D1E#9E8D1E

#9E8D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D1E
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -5.39, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 56.63, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0214 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8610, 26.4138, 5.0696)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D1E #1E2F9E

analogous

#9E4D1E #9E8D1E #6F9E1E

triadic

#9E8D1E #1E9E8D #8D1E9E

tetradic

#9E8D1E #1E9E4D #1E2F9E #9E1E6F

square

#9E8D1E #1E9E4D #1E2F9E #9E1E6F

split-complementary

#9E8D1E #1E6F9E #4D1E9E

monochromatic

#37310A #6B5F14 #9E8D1E #D1BB28 #DFCD57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9E8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D1E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D1E	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)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae65',
    500: '#9e8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d1e;
$custom-light: #bfae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6398,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D1E

secondary

#5564C3

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D1E

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

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