#9E8522#9E8522

#9E8522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8522
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -0.84, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 53.06, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0081 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.116 94)
XYZ	xyz(22.7781, 24.1610, 4.9768)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8522 #223B9E

analogous

#9E4722 #9E8522 #799E22

triadic

#9E8522 #229E85 #85229E

tetradic

#9E8522 #229E47 #223B9E #9E2279

square

#9E8522 #229E47 #223B9E #9E2279

split-complementary

#9E8522 #22799E #47229E

monochromatic

#39300C #6C5B17 #9E8522 #D0AF2D #DCC35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9E8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8522

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8522	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)

#94830E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa865',
    500: '#9e8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8522;
$custom-light: #bfa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62261,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.2416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8522

secondary

#5B6FC1

accent

#62E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8522

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

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