#9E8927#9E8927

#9E8927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8927
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -2.83, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 52.34, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0133 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4136, 25.3082, 5.5708)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8927 #273C9E

analogous

#9E4D27 #9E8927 #779E27

triadic

#9E8927 #279E89 #89279E

tetradic

#9E8927 #279E4D #273C9E #9E2777

square

#9E8927 #279E4D #273C9E #9E2777

split-complementary

#9E8927 #27779E #4D279E

monochromatic

#3C340F #6D5E1B #9E8927 #CDB235 #D9C566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9E8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8927

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8927	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#978616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab68',
    500: '#9e8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8927;
$custom-light: #beab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63161,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8927

secondary

#6272BF

accent

#60E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8927

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

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