#9E8A2D#9E8A2D

#9E8A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.113 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A2D
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -3.08, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 50.27, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0133 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.113 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6638, 25.6367, 6.1841)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A2D #2D419E

analogous

#9E522D #9E8A2D #799E2D

triadic

#9E8A2D #2D9E8A #8A2D9E

tetradic

#9E8A2D #2D9E52 #2D419E #9E2D79

square

#9E8A2D #2D9E52 #2D419E #9E2D79

split-complementary

#9E8A2D #2D799E #522D9E

monochromatic

#3F3712 #6E601F #9E8A2D #C9B040 #D6C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9E8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A2D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A2D	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.113 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6c',
    500: '#9e8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a2d;
$custom-light: #beab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63425,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A2D

secondary

#6978BD

accent

#63DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A2D

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

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