#9E8E1B#9E8E1B

#9E8E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E1B
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -6.04, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 57.83, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0234 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9726, 26.6954, 4.9267)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E1B #1B2B9E

analogous

#9E4D1B #9E8E1B #6D9E1B

triadic

#9E8E1B #1B9E8E #8E1B9E

tetradic

#9E8E1B #1B9E4D #1B2B9E #9E1B6D

square

#9E8E1B #1B9E4D #1B2B9E #9E1B6D

split-complementary

#9E8E1B #1B6D9E #4D1B9E

monochromatic

#353009 #6A5F12 #9E8E1B #D2BD24 #E1D052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9E8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E1B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E1B	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae64',
    500: '#9e8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e1b;
$custom-light: #bfae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64185,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E1B

secondary

#515FC4

accent

#50EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E1B

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

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