#9E8A22#9E8A22

#9E8A22 is a light, moderate 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	#9E8A22
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -3.60, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 54.44, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0159 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.12 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4790, 25.5628, 5.2105)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A22 #22369E

analogous

#9E4C22 #9E8A22 #749E22

triadic

#9E8A22 #229E8A #8A229E

tetradic

#9E8A22 #229E4C #22369E #9E2274

square

#9E8A22 #229E4C #22369E #9E2274

split-complementary

#9E8A22 #22749E #4C229E

monochromatic

#39320C #6C5E17 #9E8A22 #D0B62D #DCC85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A22

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A22	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.120 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9e8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a22;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63346,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A22

secondary

#5B6BC1

accent

#5BE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A22

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

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