#9E911B#9E911B

#9E911B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.129 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E911B
RGB	rgb(158, 145, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -7.66, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 58.73, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.028 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.129 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4250, 27.6001, 5.0775)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E911B #1B289E

analogous

#9E501B #9E911B #6A9E1B

triadic

#9E911B #1B9E91 #911B9E

tetradic

#9E911B #1B9E50 #1B289E #9E1B6A

square

#9E911B #1B9E50 #1B289E #9E1B6A

split-complementary

#9E911B #1B6A9E #501B9E

monochromatic

#353109 #6A6112 #9E911B #D2C124 #E1D352

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9E911B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#9E911B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E911B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E911B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E911B	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e911b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 145, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.129 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb064',
    500: '#9e911b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e911b;
$custom-light: #bfb064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e911b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E911B

secondary

#515CC4

accent

#4CEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E911B

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

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