#9E8A20#9E8A20

#9E8A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A20
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -3.68, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 55.12, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0164 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4510, 25.5516, 5.0629)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A20 #20349E

analogous

#9E4B20 #9E8A20 #739E20

triadic

#9E8A20 #209E8A #8A209E

tetradic

#9E8A20 #209E4B #20349E #9E2073

square

#9E8A20 #209E4B #20349E #9E2073

split-complementary

#9E8A20 #20739E #4B209E

monochromatic

#38310B #6B5E16 #9E8A20 #D1B62A #DEC95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A20

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A20	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab65',
    500: '#9e8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a20;
$custom-light: #bfab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A20

secondary

#5869C2

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A20

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

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