#9E8E1F#9E8E1F

#9E8E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E1F
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -5.90, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 56.61, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0227 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0221, 26.7152, 5.1873)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E1F #1F2F9E

analogous

#9E4F1F #9E8E1F #6F9E1F

triadic

#9E8E1F #1F9E8E #8E1F9E

tetradic

#9E8E1F #1F9E4F #1F2F9E #9E1F6F

square

#9E8E1F #1F9E4F #1F2F9E #9E1F6F

split-complementary

#9E8E1F #1F6F9E #4F1F9E

monochromatic

#38320B #6B6015 #9E8E1F #D1BC29 #DECE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9E8E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E1F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E1F	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)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae65',
    500: '#9e8e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e1f;
$custom-light: #bfae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E1F

secondary

#5664C2

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E1F

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

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