#9E8A32#9E8A32

#9E8A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.109 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A32
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -2.80, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 48.16, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0119 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.109 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7659, 25.6775, 6.7214)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A32 #32469E

analogous

#9E5432 #9E8A32 #7C9E32

triadic

#9E8A32 #329E8A #8A329E

tetradic

#9E8A32 #329E54 #32469E #9E327C

square

#9E8A32 #329E54 #32469E #9E327C

split-complementary

#9E8A32 #327C9E #54329E

monochromatic

#413915 #706123 #9E8A32 #C5AE48 #D4C377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A32

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A32	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.109 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6f',
    500: '#9e8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a32;
$custom-light: #beab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63468,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A32

secondary

#707EBC

accent

#67DB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A32

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

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