#9E8322#9E8322

#9E8322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8322
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 0.27, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 52.55, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.005 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.115 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5069, 23.6186, 4.8864)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8322 #223D9E

analogous

#9E4522 #9E8322 #7B9E22

triadic

#9E8322 #229E83 #83229E

tetradic

#9E8322 #229E45 #223D9E #9E227B

square

#9E8322 #229E45 #223D9E #9E227B

split-complementary

#9E8322 #227B9E #45229E

monochromatic

#392F0C #6C5917 #9E8322 #D0AD2D #DCC15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9E8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9E8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8322

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8322	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)

#92810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa665',
    500: '#9e8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8322;
$custom-light: #bfa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61831,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8322

secondary

#5B71C1

accent

#65E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8322

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

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