#9E8A3C#9E8A3C

#9E8A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A3C
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -2.14, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 43.62, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0088 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.101 95)
XYZ	xyz(24.0057, 25.7735, 7.9844)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A3C #3C509E

analogous

#9E593C #9E8A3C #819E3C

triadic

#9E8A3C #3C9E8A #8A3C9E

tetradic

#9E8A3C #3C9E59 #3C509E #9E3C81

square

#9E8A3C #3C9E59 #3C509E #9E3C81

split-complementary

#9E8A3C #3C819E #593C9E

monochromatic

#453D1A #72632B #9E8A3C #BFAA58 #D0C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9E8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A3C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A3C	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab75',
    500: '#9e8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a3c;
$custom-light: #bdab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6357,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A3C

secondary

#7B88BA

accent

#6ED553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A3C

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

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