#9E8926#9E8926

#9E8926 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8926
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -2.88, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 52.71, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0135 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.117 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3973, 25.3016, 5.4847)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8926 #263B9E

analogous

#9E4D26 #9E8926 #779E26

triadic

#9E8926 #269E89 #89269E

tetradic

#9E8926 #269E4D #263B9E #9E2677

square

#9E8926 #269E4D #263B9E #9E2677

split-complementary

#9E8926 #26779E #4D269E

monochromatic

#3B330E #6D5E1A #9E8926 #CEB333 #DAC565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9E8926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8926

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8926	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)

#978614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab68',
    500: '#9e8926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8926;
$custom-light: #beab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63154,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8926

secondary

#6071C0

accent

#60E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8926

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

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