#9E8923#9E8923

#9E8923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8923
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -3.01, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 53.80, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0142 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3508, 25.2830, 5.2400)
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

#9E8923 #23389E

analogous

#9E4B23 #9E8923 #759E23

triadic

#9E8923 #239E89 #89239E

tetradic

#9E8923 #239E4B #23389E #9E2375

square

#9E8923 #239E4B #23389E #9E2375

split-complementary

#9E8923 #23759E #4B239E

monochromatic

#3A320D #6C5E18 #9E8923 #D0B42E #DCC760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8923

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8923	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)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab66',
    500: '#9e8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8923;
$custom-light: #beab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8923

secondary

#5C6DC1

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8923

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

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