#9E8B22#9E8B22

#9E8B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B22
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -4.15, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 54.73, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0175 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6231, 25.8511, 5.2585)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B22 #22359E

analogous

#9E4D22 #9E8B22 #739E22

triadic

#9E8B22 #229E8B #8B229E

tetradic

#9E8B22 #229E4D #22359E #9E2273

square

#9E8B22 #229E4D #22359E #9E2273

split-complementary

#9E8B22 #22739E #4D229E

monochromatic

#39320C #6C5F17 #9E8B22 #D0B72D #DCC95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9E8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9E8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B22

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B22	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)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac66',
    500: '#9e8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b22;
$custom-light: #beac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B22

secondary

#5B6AC1

accent

#5AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B22

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

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