#9E8D25#9E8D25

#9E8D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D25
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -5.11, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 54.28, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0199 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9605, 26.4536, 5.5939)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D25 #25369E

analogous

#9E5025 #9E8D25 #729E25

triadic

#9E8D25 #259E8D #8D259E

tetradic

#9E8D25 #259E50 #25369E #9E2572

square

#9E8D25 #259E50 #25369E #9E2572

split-complementary

#9E8D25 #25729E #50259E

monochromatic

#3B340E #6C6119 #9E8D25 #CFB931 #DACA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D25

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D25	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)

#9B8910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae68',
    500: '#9e8d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d25;
$custom-light: #beae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64022,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D25

secondary

#5F6DC0

accent

#59E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D25

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

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