#9E8A26#9E8A26

#9E8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A26
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -3.43, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 53.01, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.015 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5401, 25.5872, 5.5323)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A26 #263A9E

analogous

#9E4E26 #9E8A26 #769E26

triadic

#9E8A26 #269E8A #8A269E

tetradic

#9E8A26 #269E4E #263A9E #9E2676

square

#9E8A26 #269E4E #263A9E #9E2676

split-complementary

#9E8A26 #26769E #4E269E

monochromatic

#3B340E #6D5F1A #9E8A26 #CEB433 #DAC665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9E8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A26

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A26	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab68',
    500: '#9e8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a26;
$custom-light: #beab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A26

secondary

#6070C0

accent

#5EE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A26

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

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