#9E8520#9E8520

#9E8520 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8520
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -0.92, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 53.76, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0085 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.117 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7501, 24.1498, 4.8293)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8520 #20399E

analogous

#9E4620 #9E8520 #789E20

triadic

#9E8520 #209E85 #85209E

tetradic

#9E8520 #209E46 #20399E #9E2078

square

#9E8520 #209E46 #20399E #9E2078

split-complementary

#9E8520 #20789E #46209E

monochromatic

#382F0B #6B5A16 #9E8520 #D1B02A #DEC45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9E8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8520

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8520	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa865',
    500: '#9e8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8520;
$custom-light: #bfa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62249,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8520

secondary

#586DC2

accent

#60E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8520

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

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