#9E8625#9E8625

#9E8625 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8625
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -1.27, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 52.24, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.009 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9608, 24.4542, 5.2606)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8625 #253D9E

analogous

#9E4925 #9E8625 #799E25

triadic

#9E8625 #259E86 #86259E

tetradic

#9E8625 #259E49 #253D9E #9E2579

square

#9E8625 #259E49 #253D9E #9E2579

split-complementary

#9E8625 #25799E #49259E

monochromatic

#3B320E #6C5C19 #9E8625 #CFB031 #DAC363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9E8625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9E8625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8625

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8625	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)

#958313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea867',
    500: '#9e8625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8625;
$custom-light: #bea867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8625

secondary

#5F72C0

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8625

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

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