#9E8A4E#9E8A4E

#9E8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A4E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -0.62, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 34.70, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0022 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.083 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5650, 25.9972, 10.9303)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A4E #4E629E

analogous

#9E624E #9E8A4E #8A9E4E

triadic

#9E8A4E #4E9E8A #8A4E9E

tetradic

#9E8A4E #4E9E62 #4E629E #9E4E8A

square

#9E8A4E #4E9E62 #4E629E #9E4E8A

split-complementary

#9E8A4E #4E8A9E #624E9E

monochromatic

#4C4226 #75663A #9E8A4E #B9A771 #CDC09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9E8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9E8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A4E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A4E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac81',
    500: '#9e8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a4e;
$custom-light: #bcac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A4E

secondary

#8E99BA

accent

#79CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A4E

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

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