#9E8932#9E8932

#9E8932 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8932
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -2.25, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 47.84, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0103 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.108 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6231, 25.3919, 6.6738)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8932 #32479E

analogous

#9E5332 #9E8932 #7D9E32

triadic

#9E8932 #329E89 #89329E

tetradic

#9E8932 #329E53 #32479E #9E327D

square

#9E8932 #329E53 #32479E #9E327D

split-complementary

#9E8932 #327D9E #53329E

monochromatic

#413815 #706123 #9E8932 #C5AD48 #D4C277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E8932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9E8932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8932

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8932	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6f',
    500: '#9e8932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8932;
$custom-light: #beab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63251,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8932

secondary

#707FBC

accent

#68DB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8932

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

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