#9E8629#9E8629

#9E8629 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8629
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -1.08, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 50.70, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.008 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.113 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0271, 24.4807, 5.6098)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8629 #29419E

analogous

#9E4C29 #9E8629 #7C9E29

triadic

#9E8629 #299E86 #86299E

tetradic

#9E8629 #299E4C #29419E #9E297C

square

#9E8629 #299E4C #29419E #9E297C

split-complementary

#9E8629 #297C9E #4C299E

monochromatic

#3D3410 #6D5D1C #9E8629 #CCAD39 #D8C169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9E8629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9E8629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8629

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8629	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95831A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea869',
    500: '#9e8629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8629;
$custom-light: #bea869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8629

secondary

#6477BF

accent

#66E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8629

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

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