#9E8924#9E8924

#9E8924 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8924
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -2.97, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 53.45, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0139 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.118 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3659, 25.2890, 5.3193)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8924 #24399E

analogous

#9E4C24 #9E8924 #769E24

triadic

#9E8924 #249E89 #89249E

tetradic

#9E8924 #249E4C #24399E #9E2476

square

#9E8924 #249E4C #24399E #9E2476

split-complementary

#9E8924 #24769E #4C249E

monochromatic

#3A330D #6C5E19 #9E8924 #D0B42F #DBC661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8924

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8924	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)

#988610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9e8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8924;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8924

secondary

#5E6FC0

accent

#5EE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8924

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

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