#9E8930#9E8930

#9E8930 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8930
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -2.37, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 48.71, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0109 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.11 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5809, 25.3750, 6.4515)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8930 #30459E

analogous

#9E5230 #9E8930 #7C9E30

triadic

#9E8930 #309E89 #89309E

tetradic

#9E8930 #309E52 #30459E #9E307C

square

#9E8930 #309E52 #30459E #9E307C

split-complementary

#9E8930 #307C9E #52309E

monochromatic

#403813 #6F6022 #9E8930 #C6AE45 #D5C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9E8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9E8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8930

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8930	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6d',
    500: '#9e8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8930;
$custom-light: #beab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63233,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8930

secondary

#6D7CBD

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8930

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

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