#9E8331#9E8331

#9E8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.105 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8331
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 1.02, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 46.53, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.001 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.105 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7724, 23.7248, 6.2850)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8331 #314C9E

analogous

#9E4D31 #9E8331 #829E31

triadic

#9E8331 #319E83 #83319E

tetradic

#9E8331 #319E4D #314C9E #9E3182

square

#9E8331 #319E4D #314C9E #9E3182

split-complementary

#9E8331 #31829E #4D319E

monochromatic

#413614 #6F5C23 #9E8331 #C6A646 #D4BD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9E8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9E8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8331

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8331	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.105 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea66d',
    500: '#9e8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8331;
$custom-light: #bea66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8331

secondary

#6E82BC

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8331

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

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