#9E8A24#9E8A24

#9E8A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A24
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -3.52, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 53.73, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0155 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5087, 25.5747, 5.3669)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A24 #24389E

analogous

#9E4D24 #9E8A24 #759E24

triadic

#9E8A24 #249E8A #8A249E

tetradic

#9E8A24 #249E4D #24389E #9E2475

square

#9E8A24 #249E4D #24389E #9E2475

split-complementary

#9E8A24 #24759E #4D249E

monochromatic

#3A330D #6C5E19 #9E8A24 #D0B52F #DBC761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A24

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A24	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#988710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9e8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a24;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63359,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A24

secondary

#5E6EC0

accent

#5DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A24

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

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