#9E8A2F#9E8A2F

#9E8A2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A2F
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -2.98, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 49.44, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0127 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.111 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7033, 25.6525, 6.3917)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A2F #2F439E

analogous

#9E522F #9E8A2F #7A9E2F

triadic

#9E8A2F #2F9E8A #8A2F9E

tetradic

#9E8A2F #2F9E52 #2F439E #9E2F7A

square

#9E8A2F #2F9E52 #2F439E #9E2F7A

split-complementary

#9E8A2F #2F7A9E #522F9E

monochromatic

#403813 #6F6121 #9E8A2F #C7AF43 #D5C372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9E8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9E8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A2F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6d',
    500: '#9e8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a2f;
$custom-light: #beab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A2F

secondary

#6C7BBD

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A2F

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

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