#9E8320#9E8320

#9E8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8320
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 0.19, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 53.26, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0054 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.116 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4789, 23.6074, 4.7389)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8320 #203B9E

analogous

#9E4420 #9E8320 #7A9E20

triadic

#9E8320 #209E83 #83209E

tetradic

#9E8320 #209E44 #203B9E #9E207A

square

#9E8320 #209E44 #203B9E #9E207A

split-complementary

#9E8320 #207A9E #44209E

monochromatic

#382F0B #6B5916 #9E8320 #D1AD2A #DEC25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9E8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9E8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8320

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8320	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa664',
    500: '#9e8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8320;
$custom-light: #bfa664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61818,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8320

secondary

#586FC2

accent

#63E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8320

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

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