#9E862E#9E862E

#9E862E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E862E
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -0.82, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 48.66, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0067 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.109 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1200, 24.5178, 6.0989)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E862E #2E469E

analogous

#9E4E2E #9E862E #7E9E2E

triadic

#9E862E #2E9E86 #862E9E

tetradic

#9E862E #2E9E4E #2E469E #9E2E7E

square

#9E862E #2E9E4E #2E469E #9E2E7E

split-complementary

#9E862E #2E7E9E #4E2E9E

monochromatic

#3F3612 #6F5E20 #9E862E #C8AB41 #D6C071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9E862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9E862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E862E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E862E	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)

#948422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea86c',
    500: '#9e862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e862e;
$custom-light: #bea86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62567,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E862E

secondary

#6B7CBD

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E862E

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

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