#9E8D24#9E8D24

#9E8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D24
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -5.16, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 54.64, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0201 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9450, 26.4474, 5.5123)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D24 #24359E

analogous

#9E5024 #9E8D24 #729E24

triadic

#9E8D24 #249E8D #8D249E

tetradic

#9E8D24 #249E50 #24359E #9E2472

square

#9E8D24 #249E50 #24359E #9E2472

split-complementary

#9E8D24 #24729E #50249E

monochromatic

#3A340D #6C6119 #9E8D24 #D0B92F #DBCA61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D24

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D24	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)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9e8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d24;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64015,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D24

secondary

#5E6BC0

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D24

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

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