#9E8526#9E8526

#9E8526 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8526
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -0.67, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 51.59, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0072 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.114 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8392, 24.1854, 5.2986)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8526 #263F9E

analogous

#9E4926 #9E8526 #7B9E26

triadic

#9E8526 #269E85 #85269E

tetradic

#9E8526 #269E49 #263F9E #9E267B

square

#9E8526 #269E49 #263F9E #9E267B

split-complementary

#9E8526 #267B9E #49269E

monochromatic

#3B320E #6D5B1A #9E8526 #CEAE33 #DAC165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9E8526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8526

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8526	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea867',
    500: '#9e8526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8526;
$custom-light: #bea867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8526

secondary

#6074C0

accent

#65E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8526

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

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