#9E8D23#9E8D23

#9E8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D23
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -5.20, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 54.98, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0204 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9300, 26.4414, 5.4330)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D23 #23349E

analogous

#9E4F23 #9E8D23 #729E23

triadic

#9E8D23 #239E8D #8D239E

tetradic

#9E8D23 #239E4F #23349E #9E2372

square

#9E8D23 #239E4F #23349E #9E2372

split-complementary

#9E8D23 #23729E #4F239E

monochromatic

#3A340D #6C6018 #9E8D23 #D0BA2E #DCCB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D23

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D23	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9e8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d23;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64009,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D23

secondary

#5C6AC1

accent

#58E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D23

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

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