#9E883E#9E883E

#9E883E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.097 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E883E
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -0.89, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 42.01, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0049 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.097 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7753, 25.2264, 8.1734)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E883E #3E549E

analogous

#9E583E #9E883E #849E3E

triadic

#9E883E #3E9E88 #883E9E

tetradic

#9E883E #3E9E58 #3E549E #9E3E84

square

#9E883E #3E9E58 #3E549E #9E3E84

split-complementary

#9E883E #3E849E #583E9E

monochromatic

#463C1C #72622D #9E883E #BFA85B #D0BF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E883E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9E883E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E883E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E883E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E883E	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#958636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e883e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.097 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaa76',
    500: '#9e883e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e883e;
$custom-light: #bdaa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e883e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63161,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E883E

secondary

#7E8CBA

accent

#72D354

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E883E

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

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