#9E8D26#9E8D26

#9E8D26 is a light, moderate 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	#9E8D26
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -5.07, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 53.92, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0197 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9764, 26.4600, 5.6777)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D26 #26379E

analogous

#9E5126 #9E8D26 #739E26

triadic

#9E8D26 #269E8D #8D269E

tetradic

#9E8D26 #269E51 #26379E #9E2673

square

#9E8D26 #269E51 #26379E #9E2673

split-complementary

#9E8D26 #26739E #51269E

monochromatic

#3B350E #6D611A #9E8D26 #CEB833 #DAC965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D26

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D26	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)

#9B8912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae68',
    500: '#9e8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d26;
$custom-light: #beae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D26

secondary

#606EC0

accent

#5AE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D26

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

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