#9E8A3E#9E8A3E

#9E8A3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A3E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -1.99, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 42.67, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0081 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.099 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0596, 25.7950, 8.2681)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A3E #3E529E

analogous

#9E5A3E #9E8A3E #829E3E

triadic

#9E8A3E #3E9E8A #8A3E9E

tetradic

#9E8A3E #3E9E5A #3E529E #9E3E82

square

#9E8A3E #3E9E5A #3E529E #9E3E82

split-complementary

#9E8A3E #3E829E #5A3E9E

monochromatic

#463D1C #72642D #9E8A3E #BFAA5B #D0C187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A3E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A3E	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)

#978736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab76',
    500: '#9e8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a3e;
$custom-light: #bdab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63593,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A3E

secondary

#7E8ABA

accent

#6FD354

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A3E

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

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