#9E8722#9E8722

#9E8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8722
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -1.95, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 53.60, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0113 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0545, 24.7138, 5.0690)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8722 #22399E

analogous

#9E4922 #9E8722 #779E22

triadic

#9E8722 #229E87 #87229E

tetradic

#9E8722 #229E49 #22399E #9E2277

square

#9E8722 #229E49 #22399E #9E2277

split-complementary

#9E8722 #22779E #49229E

monochromatic

#39310C #6C5C17 #9E8722 #D0B22D #DCC55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9E8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9E8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8722

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8722	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa966',
    500: '#9e8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8722;
$custom-light: #bfa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8722

secondary

#5B6EC1

accent

#5FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8722

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

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