#9E8D2A#9E8D2A

#9E8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D2A
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -4.88, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 52.41, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0187 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0445, 26.4872, 6.0361)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D2A #2A3B9E

analogous

#9E532A #9E8D2A #759E2A

triadic

#9E8D2A #2A9E8D #8D2A9E

tetradic

#9E8D2A #2A9E53 #2A3B9E #9E2A75

square

#9E8D2A #2A9E53 #2A3B9E #9E2A75

split-complementary

#9E8D2A #2A759E #532A9E

monochromatic

#3D3710 #6E621D #9E8D2A #CBB63A #D8C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D2A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D2A	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6a',
    500: '#9e8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d2a;
$custom-light: #beae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64057,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D2A

secondary

#6673BE

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D2A

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

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