#9E8A28#9E8A28

#9E8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A28
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -3.34, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 52.25, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0146 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5732, 25.6005, 5.7068)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A28 #283C9E

analogous

#9E4F28 #9E8A28 #779E28

triadic

#9E8A28 #289E8A #8A289E

tetradic

#9E8A28 #289E4F #283C9E #9E2877

square

#9E8A28 #289E4F #283C9E #9E2877

split-complementary

#9E8A28 #28779E #4F289E

monochromatic

#3C350F #6D5F1C #9E8A28 #CCB337 #D9C668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9E8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A28

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A28	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)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab69',
    500: '#9e8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a28;
$custom-light: #beab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A28

secondary

#6373BF

accent

#60E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A28

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

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