#9E8523#9E8523

#9E8523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8523
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -0.80, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 52.71, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0079 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.116 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7927, 24.1668, 5.0539)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8523 #233C9E

analogous

#9E4723 #9E8523 #799E23

triadic

#9E8523 #239E85 #85239E

tetradic

#9E8523 #239E47 #233C9E #9E2379

square

#9E8523 #239E47 #233C9E #9E2379

split-complementary

#9E8523 #23799E #47239E

monochromatic

#3A310D #6C5B18 #9E8523 #D0AF2E #DCC360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9E8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8523

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8523	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)

#948310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9e8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8523;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62268,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8523

secondary

#5C71C1

accent

#63E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8523

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

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