#9E8925#9E8925

#9E8925 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8925
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -2.92, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 53.08, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0137 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3814, 25.2952, 5.4008)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8925 #253A9E

analogous

#9E4C25 #9E8925 #769E25

triadic

#9E8925 #259E89 #89259E

tetradic

#9E8925 #259E4C #253A9E #9E2576

square

#9E8925 #259E4C #253A9E #9E2576

split-complementary

#9E8925 #25769E #4C259E

monochromatic

#3B330E #6C5E19 #9E8925 #CFB431 #DAC663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8925

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8925	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)

#978612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9e8925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8925;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63147,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8925

secondary

#5F70C0

accent

#5FE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8925

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

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