#9E8920#9E8920

#9E8920 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8920
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -3.13, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 54.83, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0148 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3082, 25.2660, 5.0153)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8920 #20359E

analogous

#9E4A20 #9E8920 #749E20

triadic

#9E8920 #209E89 #89209E

tetradic

#9E8920 #209E4A #20359E #9E2074

square

#9E8920 #209E4A #20359E #9E2074

split-complementary

#9E8920 #20749E #4A209E

monochromatic

#38310B #6B5D16 #9E8920 #D1B52A #DEC85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9E8920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8920

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8920	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab65',
    500: '#9e8920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8920;
$custom-light: #bfab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63116,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8920

secondary

#586AC2

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8920

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

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