#9E8724#9E8724

#9E8724 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8724
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, -1.87, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 52.88, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0108 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0842, 24.7257, 5.2254)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8724 #243B9E

analogous

#9E4A24 #9E8724 #789E24

triadic

#9E8724 #249E87 #87249E

tetradic

#9E8724 #249E4A #243B9E #9E2478

square

#9E8724 #249E4A #243B9E #9E2478

split-complementary

#9E8724 #24789E #4A249E

monochromatic

#3A320D #6C5C19 #9E8724 #D0B22F #DBC461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9E8724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9E8724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8724

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8724	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)

#968411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea967',
    500: '#9e8724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8724;
$custom-light: #bea967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62706,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8724

secondary

#5E70C0

accent

#61E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8724

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

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