#9E8A34#9E8A34

#9E8A34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A34
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -2.68, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 47.28, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0113 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.107 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.8100, 25.6952, 6.9537)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A34 #34489E

analogous

#9E5534 #9E8A34 #7D9E34

triadic

#9E8A34 #349E8A #8A349E

tetradic

#9E8A34 #349E55 #34489E #9E347D

square

#9E8A34 #349E55 #34489E #9E347D

split-complementary

#9E8A34 #347D9E #55349E

monochromatic

#423A16 #706225 #9E8A34 #C4AD4B #D3C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A34

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A34	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)

#988729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab70',
    500: '#9e8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a34;
$custom-light: #beab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A34

secondary

#7280BC

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A34

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

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