#9E8622#9E8622

#9E8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8622
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -1.40, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 53.33, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0097 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.117 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9156, 24.4361, 5.0227)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8622 #223A9E

analogous

#9E4822 #9E8622 #789E22

triadic

#9E8622 #229E86 #86229E

tetradic

#9E8622 #229E48 #223A9E #9E2278

square

#9E8622 #229E48 #223A9E #9E2278

split-complementary

#9E8622 #22789E #48229E

monochromatic

#39310C #6C5B17 #9E8622 #D0B12D #DCC45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9E8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9E8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8622

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8622	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9e8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8622;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62477,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8622

secondary

#5B6FC1

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8622

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

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