#9E8323#9E8323

#9E8323 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8323
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 0.31, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 52.19, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0047 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.114 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5215, 23.6244, 4.9635)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8323 #233E9E

analogous

#9E4523 #9E8323 #7C9E23

triadic

#9E8323 #239E83 #83239E

tetradic

#9E8323 #239E45 #233E9E #9E237C

square

#9E8323 #239E45 #233E9E #9E237C

split-complementary

#9E8323 #237C9E #45239E

monochromatic

#3A300D #6C5918 #9E8323 #D0AD2E #DCC060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9E8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9E8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8323

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8323	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)

#928111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa666',
    500: '#9e8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8323;
$custom-light: #bfa666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61837,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8323

secondary

#5C72C1

accent

#65E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8323

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

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