#9E862B#9E862B

#9E862B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E862B
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -0.98, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 49.90, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0075 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.111 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0629, 24.4950, 5.7983)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E862B #2B439E

analogous

#9E4C2B #9E862B #7D9E2B

triadic

#9E862B #2B9E86 #862B9E

tetradic

#9E862B #2B9E4C #2B439E #9E2B7D

square

#9E862B #2B9E4C #2B439E #9E2B7D

split-complementary

#9E862B #2B7D9E #4C2B9E

monochromatic

#3E3411 #6E5D1E #9E862B #CAAC3C #D7C16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9E862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9E862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E862B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E862B	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)

#94841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea86a',
    500: '#9e862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e862b;
$custom-light: #bea86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E862B

secondary

#6779BE

accent

#67E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E862B

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

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