#9E8A35#9E8A35

#9E8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A35
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -2.62, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 46.84, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.011 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.107 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8327, 25.7043, 7.0736)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A35 #35499E

analogous

#9E5635 #9E8A35 #7E9E35

triadic

#9E8A35 #359E8A #8A359E

tetradic

#9E8A35 #359E56 #35499E #9E357E

square

#9E8A35 #359E56 #35499E #9E357E

split-complementary

#9E8A35 #357E9E #56359E

monochromatic

#423A16 #706226 #9E8A35 #C3AD4D #D3C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A35

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A35	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)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab70',
    500: '#9e8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a35;
$custom-light: #beab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63497,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A35

secondary

#7381BB

accent

#69D94F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A35

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

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