#9E8E1E#9E8E1E

#9E8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E1E
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -5.93, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 56.93, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0229 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0091, 26.7100, 5.1190)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E1E #1E2E9E

analogous

#9E4E1E #9E8E1E #6E9E1E

triadic

#9E8E1E #1E9E8E #8E1E9E

tetradic

#9E8E1E #1E9E4E #1E2E9E #9E1E6E

square

#9E8E1E #1E9E4E #1E2E9E #9E1E6E

split-complementary

#9E8E1E #1E6E9E #4E1E9E

monochromatic

#37320A #6B6014 #9E8E1E #D1BC28 #DFCE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9E8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E1E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E1E	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)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae65',
    500: '#9e8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e1e;
$custom-light: #bfae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.642,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E1E

secondary

#5563C3

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E1E

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

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