#9E8928#9E8928

#9E8928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8928
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -2.79, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 51.96, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.013 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4304, 25.3149, 5.6592)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8928 #283D9E

analogous

#9E4E28 #9E8928 #789E28

triadic

#9E8928 #289E89 #89289E

tetradic

#9E8928 #289E4E #283D9E #9E2878

square

#9E8928 #289E4E #283D9E #9E2878

split-complementary

#9E8928 #28789E #4E289E

monochromatic

#3C340F #6D5F1C #9E8928 #CCB237 #D9C568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9E8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8928

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8928	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)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab69',
    500: '#9e8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8928;
$custom-light: #beab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8928

secondary

#6373BF

accent

#61E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8928

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

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