#9E8D27#9E8D27

#9E8D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D27
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -5.02, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 53.55, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0195 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9928, 26.4665, 5.7638)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D27 #27389E

analogous

#9E5127 #9E8D27 #739E27

triadic

#9E8D27 #279E8D #8D279E

tetradic

#9E8D27 #279E51 #27389E #9E2773

square

#9E8D27 #279E51 #27389E #9E2773

split-complementary

#9E8D27 #27739E #51279E

monochromatic

#3C350F #6D611B #9E8D27 #CDB735 #D9C966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D27

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D27	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)

#9B8914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae69',
    500: '#9e8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d27;
$custom-light: #beae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64035,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D27

secondary

#626FBF

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D27

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

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