#9E883A#9E883A

#9E883A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E883A
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -1.18, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 43.91, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0062 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.101 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6695, 25.1841, 7.6164)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E883A #3A509E

analogous

#9E563A #9E883A #829E3A

triadic

#9E883A #3A9E88 #883A9E

tetradic

#9E883A #3A9E56 #3A509E #9E3A82

square

#9E883A #3A9E56 #3A509E #9E3A82

split-complementary

#9E883A #3A829E #563A9E

monochromatic

#443B19 #71612A #9E883A #C0A955 #D1BF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9E883A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9E883A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E883A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E883A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E883A	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e883a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaa73',
    500: '#9e883a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e883a;
$custom-light: #bdaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e883a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63116,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E883A

secondary

#7988BB

accent

#6FD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E883A

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

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