#9E8A3F#9E8A3F

#9E8A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A3F
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -1.92, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 42.19, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0077 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.098 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0872, 25.8061, 8.4140)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A3F #3F539E

analogous

#9E5A3F #9E8A3F #829E3F

triadic

#9E8A3F #3F9E8A #8A3F9E

tetradic

#9E8A3F #3F9E5A #3F539E #9E3F82

square

#9E8A3F #3F9E5A #3F539E #9E3F82

split-complementary

#9E8A3F #3F829E #5A3F9E

monochromatic

#463E1C #72642E #9E8A3F #BEA95C #D0C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A3F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A3F	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab77',
    500: '#9e8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a3f;
$custom-light: #bdab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 42.986,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63605,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A3F

secondary

#7F8BBA

accent

#70D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A3F

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

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