#9E8A21#9E8A21

#9E8A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.120 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A21
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -3.64, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 54.78, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0162 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.12 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4648, 25.5571, 5.1356)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A21 #21359E

analogous

#9E4C21 #9E8A21 #749E21

triadic

#9E8A21 #219E8A #8A219E

tetradic

#9E8A21 #219E4C #21359E #9E2174

square

#9E8A21 #219E4C #21359E #9E2174

split-complementary

#9E8A21 #21749E #4C219E

monochromatic

#39320C #6B5E16 #9E8A21 #D1B62C #DDC85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A21

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A21	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)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.120 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9e8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a21;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6334,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A21

secondary

#596AC1

accent

#5AE83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A21

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

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