#9E8824#9E8824

#9E8824 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8824
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -2.42, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 53.16, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0124 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2244, 25.0061, 5.2721)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8824 #243A9E

analogous

#9E4B24 #9E8824 #779E24

triadic

#9E8824 #249E88 #88249E

tetradic

#9E8824 #249E4B #243A9E #9E2477

square

#9E8824 #249E4B #243A9E #9E2477

split-complementary

#9E8824 #24779E #4B249E

monochromatic

#3A320D #6C5D19 #9E8824 #D0B32F #DBC561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9E8824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9E8824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8824

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8824	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)

#978510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaa67',
    500: '#9e8824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8824;
$custom-light: #beaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8824

secondary

#5E6FC0

accent

#5FE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8824

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

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