#9E8528#9E8528

#9E8528 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8528
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -0.58, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 50.82, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0067 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.112 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8723, 24.1987, 5.4732)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8528 #28419E

analogous

#9E4A28 #9E8528 #7C9E28

triadic

#9E8528 #289E85 #85289E

tetradic

#9E8528 #289E4A #28419E #9E287C

square

#9E8528 #289E4A #28419E #9E287C

split-complementary

#9E8528 #287C9E #4A289E

monochromatic

#3C330F #6D5C1C #9E8528 #CCAD37 #D9C168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9E8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8528

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8528	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)

#948319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea869',
    500: '#9e8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8528;
$custom-light: #bea869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62303,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8528

secondary

#6376BF

accent

#66E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8528

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

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