#9E8B2A#9E8B2A

#9E8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B2A
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -3.79, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 51.78, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0156 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7523, 25.9027, 5.9387)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B2A #2A3D9E

analogous

#9E512A #9E8B2A #779E2A

triadic

#9E8B2A #2A9E8B #8B2A9E

tetradic

#9E8B2A #2A9E51 #2A3D9E #9E2A77

square

#9E8B2A #2A9E51 #2A3D9E #9E2A77

split-complementary

#9E8B2A #2A779E #512A9E

monochromatic

#3D3610 #6E601D #9E8B2A #CBB33A #D8C66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9E8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9E8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B2A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B2A	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)

#99881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac6a',
    500: '#9e8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b2a;
$custom-light: #beac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63619,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B2A

secondary

#6674BE

accent

#60E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B2A

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

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