#9E8A33#9E8A33

#9E8A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.108 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A33
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -2.74, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 47.72, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0116 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.108 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7877, 25.6863, 6.8363)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A33 #33479E

analogous

#9E5433 #9E8A33 #7C9E33

triadic

#9E8A33 #339E8A #8A339E

tetradic

#9E8A33 #339E54 #33479E #9E337C

square

#9E8A33 #339E54 #33479E #9E337C

split-complementary

#9E8A33 #337C9E #54339E

monochromatic

#413915 #706224 #9E8A33 #C4AE4A #D3C278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A33

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A33	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)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.108 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6f',
    500: '#9e8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a33;
$custom-light: #beab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A33

secondary

#717FBC

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A33

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

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