#9E8628#9E8628

#9E8628 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8628
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -1.13, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 51.10, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0083 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.113 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0099, 24.4738, 5.5190)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8628 #28409E

analogous

#9E4B28 #9E8628 #7B9E28

triadic

#9E8628 #289E86 #86289E

tetradic

#9E8628 #289E4B #28409E #9E287B

square

#9E8628 #289E4B #28409E #9E287B

split-complementary

#9E8628 #287B9E #4B289E

monochromatic

#3C330F #6D5D1C #9E8628 #CCAE37 #D9C268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9E8628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9E8628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8628

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8628	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#958319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea869',
    500: '#9e8628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8628;
$custom-light: #bea869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62518,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8628

secondary

#6376BF

accent

#65E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8628

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

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