#9E8A3D#9E8A3D

#9E8A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A3D
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -2.07, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 43.14, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0084 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.1 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0324, 25.7841, 8.1249)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A3D #3D519E

analogous

#9E593D #9E8A3D #819E3D

triadic

#9E8A3D #3D9E8A #8A3D9E

tetradic

#9E8A3D #3D9E59 #3D519E #9E3D81

square

#9E8A3D #3D9E59 #3D519E #9E3D81

split-complementary

#9E8A3D #3D819E #593D9E

monochromatic

#463D1B #72632C #9E8A3D #BFAA59 #D0C185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A3D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A3D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab75',
    500: '#9e8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a3d;
$custom-light: #bdab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A3D

secondary

#7D89BA

accent

#6ED454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A3D

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

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