#9E8022#9E8022

#9E8022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.113 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8022
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 1.94, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 51.84, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0002 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.113 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1098, 22.8244, 4.7541)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8022 #22409E

analogous

#9E4222 #9E8022 #7E9E22

triadic

#9E8022 #229E80 #80229E

tetradic

#9E8022 #229E42 #22409E #9E227E

square

#9E8022 #229E42 #22409E #9E227E

split-complementary

#9E8022 #227E9E #42229E

monochromatic

#392E0C #6C5717 #9E8022 #D0A92D #DCBE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9E8022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#9E8022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8022

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8022	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.113 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa465',
    500: '#9e8022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8022;
$custom-light: #bfa465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61189,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8022

secondary

#5B74C1

accent

#69E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8022

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

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