#9E8B2F#9E8B2F

#9E8B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.112 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8B2F
RGB	rgb(158, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -3.52, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 49.76, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0143 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.112 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8474, 25.9408, 6.4397)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8B2F #2F429E

analogous

#9E542F #9E8B2F #799E2F

triadic

#9E8B2F #2F9E8B #8B2F9E

tetradic

#9E8B2F #2F9E54 #2F429E #9E2F79

square

#9E8B2F #2F9E54 #2F429E #9E2F79

split-complementary

#9E8B2F #2F799E #542F9E

monochromatic

#403813 #6F6221 #9E8B2F #C7B143 #D5C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9E8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9E8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8B2F

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8B2F	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)

#998822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.112 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac6d',
    500: '#9e8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8b2f;
$custom-light: #beac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63659,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8B2F

secondary

#6C7ABD

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8B2F

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

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