#9E8A36#9E8A36

#9E8A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A36
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -2.55, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 46.39, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0107 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.106 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8560, 25.7136, 7.1960)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A36 #364A9E

analogous

#9E5636 #9E8A36 #7E9E36

triadic

#9E8A36 #369E8A #8A369E

tetradic

#9E8A36 #369E56 #364A9E #9E367E

square

#9E8A36 #369E56 #364A9E #9E367E

split-complementary

#9E8A36 #367E9E #56369E

monochromatic

#433A17 #706226 #9E8A36 #C3AC4F #D2C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A36

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A36	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)

#98872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab71',
    500: '#9e8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a36;
$custom-light: #beab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A36

secondary

#7482BB

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A36

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

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