#9E8532#9E8532

#9E8532 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.105 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8532
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -0.04, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 46.65, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.004 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.105 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0650, 24.2757, 6.4878)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8532 #324B9E

analogous

#9E4F32 #9E8532 #819E32

triadic

#9E8532 #329E85 #85329E

tetradic

#9E8532 #329E4F #324B9E #9E3281

square

#9E8532 #329E4F #324B9E #9E3281

split-complementary

#9E8532 #32819E #4F329E

monochromatic

#413715 #705E23 #9E8532 #C5A848 #D4BE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9E8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9E8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8532

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8532	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.105 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea86e',
    500: '#9e8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8532;
$custom-light: #bea86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62388,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8532

secondary

#7081BC

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8532

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

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