#9E8A4B#9E8A4B

#9E8A4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.086 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A4B
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -0.91, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 36.23, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0033 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.086 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4599, 25.9552, 10.3767)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A4B #4B5F9E

analogous

#9E604B #9E8A4B #889E4B

triadic

#9E8A4B #4B9E8A #8A4B9E

tetradic

#9E8A4B #4B9E60 #4B5F9E #9E4B88

square

#9E8A4B #4B9E60 #4B5F9E #9E4B88

split-complementary

#9E8A4B #4B889E #604B9E

monochromatic

#4B4224 #746637 #9E8A4B #BAA76D #CDC096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9E8A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9E8A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A4B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A4B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.086 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac7f',
    500: '#9e8a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a4b;
$custom-light: #bdac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63763,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A4B

secondary

#8B96B9

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A4B

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

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