#9E822B#9E822B

#9E822B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.109 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E822B
RGB	rgb(158, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 1.24, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 48.82, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0012 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.109 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5205, 23.4101, 5.6175)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E822B #2B479E

analogous

#9E482B #9E822B #819E2B

triadic

#9E822B #2B9E82 #822B9E

tetradic

#9E822B #2B9E48 #2B479E #9E2B81

square

#9E822B #2B9E48 #2B479E #9E2B81

split-complementary

#9E822B #2B819E #482B9E

monochromatic

#3E3311 #6E5A1E #9E822B #CAA73C #D7BD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#9E822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9E822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E822B

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E822B	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.109 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea66a',
    500: '#9e822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e822b;
$custom-light: #bea66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E822B

secondary

#677CBE

accent

#6DE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E822B

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

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