#9E8A23#9E8A23

#9E8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A23
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -3.56, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 54.09, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0157 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4936, 25.5686, 5.2876)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A23 #23379E

analogous

#9E4C23 #9E8A23 #749E23

triadic

#9E8A23 #239E8A #8A239E

tetradic

#9E8A23 #239E4C #23379E #9E2374

square

#9E8A23 #239E4C #23379E #9E2374

split-complementary

#9E8A23 #23749E #4C239E

monochromatic

#3A320D #6C5E18 #9E8A23 #D0B62E #DCC860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A23

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A23	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)

#98870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9e8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a23;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A23

secondary

#5C6DC1

accent

#5CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A23

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

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