#9E862A#9E862A

#9E862A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E862A
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -1.03, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 50.31, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0078 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.112 94)
XYZ	xyz(23.0448, 24.4878, 5.7028)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E862A #2A429E

analogous

#9E4C2A #9E862A #7C9E2A

triadic

#9E862A #2A9E86 #862A9E

tetradic

#9E862A #2A9E4C #2A429E #9E2A7C

square

#9E862A #2A9E4C #2A429E #9E2A7C

split-complementary

#9E862A #2A7C9E #4C2A9E

monochromatic

#3D3410 #6E5D1D #9E862A #CBAD3A #D8C16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9E862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9E862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E862A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E862A	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)

#94841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea86a',
    500: '#9e862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e862a;
$custom-light: #bea86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62534,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.24486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E862A

secondary

#6678BE

accent

#67E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E862A

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

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