#9E8A31#9E8A31

#9E8A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A31
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -2.86, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 48.59, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0122 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.11 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7445, 25.6690, 6.6091)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A31 #31459E

analogous

#9E5331 #9E8A31 #7B9E31

triadic

#9E8A31 #319E8A #8A319E

tetradic

#9E8A31 #319E53 #31459E #9E317B

square

#9E8A31 #319E53 #31459E #9E317B

split-complementary

#9E8A31 #317B9E #53319E

monochromatic

#413814 #6F6123 #9E8A31 #C6AE46 #D4C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9E8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A31

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A31	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6e',
    500: '#9e8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a31;
$custom-light: #beab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A31

secondary

#6E7DBC

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A31

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

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