#9E8933#9E8933

#9E8933 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8933
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -2.19, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 47.41, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.01 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.107 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6449, 25.4007, 6.7887)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8933 #33489E

analogous

#9E5333 #9E8933 #7D9E33

triadic

#9E8933 #339E89 #89339E

tetradic

#9E8933 #339E53 #33489E #9E337D

square

#9E8933 #339E53 #33489E #9E337D

split-complementary

#9E8933 #337D9E #53339E

monochromatic

#413915 #706124 #9E8933 #C4AC4A #D3C178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9E8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8933

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8933	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)

#978628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6f',
    500: '#9e8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8933;
$custom-light: #beab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8933

secondary

#7180BC

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8933

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

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