#9E8B2E#9E8B2E

#9E8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B2E
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -3.58, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 50.17, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0146 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.113 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8275, 25.9328, 6.3347)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B2E #2E419E

analogous

#9E532E #9E8B2E #799E2E

triadic

#9E8B2E #2E9E8B #8B2E9E

tetradic

#9E8B2E #2E9E53 #2E419E #9E2E79

square

#9E8B2E #2E9E53 #2E419E #9E2E79

split-complementary

#9E8B2E #2E799E #532E9E

monochromatic

#3F3812 #6F6120 #9E8B2E #C8B141 #D6C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9E8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9E8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B2E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B2E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac6c',
    500: '#9e8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b2e;
$custom-light: #beac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B2E

secondary

#6B79BD

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B2E

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

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