#9E8922#9E8922

#9E8922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8922
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -3.05, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 54.15, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0144 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.3362, 25.2772, 5.1629)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8922 #22379E

analogous

#9E4B22 #9E8922 #759E22

triadic

#9E8922 #229E89 #89229E

tetradic

#9E8922 #229E4B #22379E #9E2275

square

#9E8922 #229E4B #22379E #9E2275

split-complementary

#9E8922 #22759E #4B229E

monochromatic

#39320C #6C5D17 #9E8922 #D0B52D #DCC75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8922

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8922	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9e8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8922;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8922

secondary

#5B6CC1

accent

#5DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8922

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

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