#9E8929#9E8929

#9E8929 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8929
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -2.74, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 51.57, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0128 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.115 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4476, 25.3218, 5.7499)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8929 #293E9E

analogous

#9E4F29 #9E8929 #799E29

triadic

#9E8929 #299E89 #89299E

tetradic

#9E8929 #299E4F #293E9E #9E2979

square

#9E8929 #299E4F #293E9E #9E2979

split-complementary

#9E8929 #29799E #4F299E

monochromatic

#3D3510 #6D5F1C #9E8929 #CCB139 #D8C469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9E8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9E8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8929

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8929	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)

#978619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6a',
    500: '#9e8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8929;
$custom-light: #beab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8929

secondary

#6474BF

accent

#62E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8929

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

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