#9E8935#9E8935

#9E8935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8935
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -2.07, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 46.52, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0094 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.106 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6899, 25.4187, 7.0259)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8935 #354A9E

analogous

#9E5535 #9E8935 #7F9E35

triadic

#9E8935 #359E89 #89359E

tetradic

#9E8935 #359E55 #354A9E #9E357F

square

#9E8935 #359E55 #354A9E #9E357F

split-complementary

#9E8935 #357F9E #55359E

monochromatic

#423A16 #706126 #9E8935 #C3AC4D #D3C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9E8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8935

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8935	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)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab70',
    500: '#9e8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8935;
$custom-light: #beab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8935

secondary

#7382BB

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8935

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

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