#9E8A37#9E8A37

#9E8A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A37
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -2.49, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 45.94, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0104 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.105 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8797, 25.7231, 7.3209)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A37 #374B9E

analogous

#9E5737 #9E8A37 #7F9E37

triadic

#9E8A37 #379E8A #8A379E

tetradic

#9E8A37 #379E57 #374B9E #9E377F

square

#9E8A37 #379E57 #374B9E #9E377F

split-complementary

#9E8A37 #377F9E #57379E

monochromatic

#433B17 #716227 #9E8A37 #C2AC50 #D2C27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9E8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A37

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A37	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)

#98872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab72',
    500: '#9e8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a37;
$custom-light: #beab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A37

secondary

#7683BB

accent

#6AD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A37

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

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