#9E8524#9E8524

#9E8524 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.115 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8524
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -0.76, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 52.34, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0077 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.115 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8078, 24.1729, 5.1332)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8524 #243D9E

analogous

#9E4824 #9E8524 #7A9E24

triadic

#9E8524 #249E85 #85249E

tetradic

#9E8524 #249E48 #243D9E #9E247A

square

#9E8524 #249E48 #243D9E #9E247A

split-complementary

#9E8524 #247A9E #48249E

monochromatic

#3A310D #6C5B19 #9E8524 #D0AF2F #DBC261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9E8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8524

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8524	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)

#948312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.115 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9e8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8524;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62274,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8524

secondary

#5E72C0

accent

#63E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8524

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

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