#9E8B28#9E8B28

#9E8B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B28
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -3.88, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 52.56, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0161 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.117 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7174, 25.8887, 5.7548)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B28 #283B9E

analogous

#9E5028 #9E8B28 #769E28

triadic

#9E8B28 #289E8B #8B289E

tetradic

#9E8B28 #289E50 #283B9E #9E2876

square

#9E8B28 #289E50 #283B9E #9E2876

split-complementary

#9E8B28 #28769E #50289E

monochromatic

#3C350F #6D601C #9E8B28 #CCB437 #D9C768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9E8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9E8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B28

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B28	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac69',
    500: '#9e8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b28;
$custom-light: #beac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B28

secondary

#6372BF

accent

#5EE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B28

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

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