#9E893E#9E893E

#9E893E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E893E
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -1.44, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 42.34, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0065 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.098 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9167, 25.5094, 8.2205)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E893E #3E539E

analogous

#9E593E #9E893E #839E3E

triadic

#9E893E #3E9E89 #893E9E

tetradic

#9E893E #3E9E59 #3E539E #9E3E83

square

#9E893E #3E9E59 #3E539E #9E3E83

split-complementary

#9E893E #3E839E #593E9E

monochromatic

#463D1C #72632D #9E893E #BFA95B #D0C087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E893E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9E893E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E893E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E893E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E893E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e893e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab76',
    500: '#9e893e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e893e;
$custom-light: #bdab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e893e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63377,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E893E

secondary

#7E8BBA

accent

#70D354

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E893E

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

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