#9E8D29#9E8D29

#9E8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D29
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -4.93, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 52.80, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.019 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0268, 26.4801, 5.9430)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D29 #293A9E

analogous

#9E5329 #9E8D29 #759E29

triadic

#9E8D29 #299E8D #8D299E

tetradic

#9E8D29 #299E53 #293A9E #9E2975

square

#9E8D29 #299E53 #293A9E #9E2975

split-complementary

#9E8D29 #29759E #53299E

monochromatic

#3D3610 #6D621C #9E8D29 #CCB639 #D8C869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D29

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D29	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6a',
    500: '#9e8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d29;
$custom-light: #beae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64049,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D29

secondary

#6471BF

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D29

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

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