#9E8729#9E8729

#9E8729 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8729
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -1.64, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 50.99, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0096 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.113 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1660, 24.7584, 5.6560)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8729 #29409E

analogous

#9E4D29 #9E8729 #7B9E29

triadic

#9E8729 #299E87 #87299E

tetradic

#9E8729 #299E4D #29409E #9E297B

square

#9E8729 #299E4D #29409E #9E297B

split-complementary

#9E8729 #297B9E #4D299E

monochromatic

#3D3410 #6D5D1C #9E8729 #CCAF39 #D8C269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9E8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9E8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8729

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8729	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea969',
    500: '#9e8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8729;
$custom-light: #bea969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8729

secondary

#6476BF

accent

#65E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8729

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

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