#9E8B23#9E8B23

#9E8B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B23
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -4.11, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 54.38, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0173 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6377, 25.8569, 5.3356)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B23 #23369E

analogous

#9E4E23 #9E8B23 #739E23

triadic

#9E8B23 #239E8B #8B239E

tetradic

#9E8B23 #239E4E #23369E #9E2373

square

#9E8B23 #239E4E #23369E #9E2373

split-complementary

#9E8B23 #23739E #4E239E

monochromatic

#3A330D #6C5F18 #9E8B23 #D0B72E #DCC960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9E8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9E8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B23

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac67',
    500: '#9e8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b23;
$custom-light: #beac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63571,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B23

secondary

#5C6CC1

accent

#5BE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B23

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

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