#9E8822#9E8822

#9E8822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8822
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -2.50, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 53.87, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0128 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1947, 24.9942, 5.1157)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8822 #22389E

analogous

#9E4A22 #9E8822 #769E22

triadic

#9E8822 #229E88 #88229E

tetradic

#9E8822 #229E4A #22389E #9E2276

square

#9E8822 #229E4A #22389E #9E2276

split-complementary

#9E8822 #22769E #4A229E

monochromatic

#39310C #6C5D17 #9E8822 #D0B32D #DCC65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9E8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9E8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8822

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8822	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaa66',
    500: '#9e8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8822;
$custom-light: #bfaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62911,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8822

secondary

#5B6DC1

accent

#5EE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8822

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

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