#9E8934#9E8934

#9E8934 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8934
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -2.13, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 46.96, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0097 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.107 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6672, 25.4096, 6.9061)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8934 #34499E

analogous

#9E5434 #9E8934 #7E9E34

triadic

#9E8934 #349E89 #89349E

tetradic

#9E8934 #349E54 #34499E #9E347E

square

#9E8934 #349E54 #34499E #9E347E

split-complementary

#9E8934 #347E9E #54349E

monochromatic

#423916 #706125 #9E8934 #C4AC4B #D3C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E8934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9E8934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8934

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8934	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)

#97862A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab70',
    500: '#9e8934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8934;
$custom-light: #beab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8934

secondary

#7281BC

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8934

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

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