#9E8A42#9E8A42

#9E8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.095 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A42
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -1.68, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 40.73, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0067 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.095 94)
XYZ	xyz(24.1734, 25.8405, 8.8676)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A42 #42569E

analogous

#9E5C42 #9E8A42 #849E42

triadic

#9E8A42 #429E8A #8A429E

tetradic

#9E8A42 #429E5C #42569E #9E4284

square

#9E8A42 #429E5C #42569E #9E4284

split-complementary

#9E8A42 #42849E #5C429E

monochromatic

#483F1E #736430 #9E8A42 #BDA960 #CFC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9E8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9E8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A42

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A42	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.095 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab79',
    500: '#9e8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a42;
$custom-light: #bdab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63641,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A42

secondary

#828EBA

accent

#71D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A42

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

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