#9E8A27#9E8A27

#9E8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A27
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -3.38, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 52.63, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0148 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.117 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5564, 25.5938, 5.6184)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A27 #273B9E

analogous

#9E4E27 #9E8A27 #769E27

triadic

#9E8A27 #279E8A #8A279E

tetradic

#9E8A27 #279E4E #273B9E #9E2776

square

#9E8A27 #279E4E #273B9E #9E2776

split-complementary

#9E8A27 #27769E #4E279E

monochromatic

#3C340F #6D5F1B #9E8A27 #CDB435 #D9C666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9E8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A27

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A27	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab69',
    500: '#9e8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a27;
$custom-light: #beab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A27

secondary

#6271BF

accent

#5FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A27

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

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