#9E8D2B#9E8D2B

#9E8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D2B
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -4.83, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 52.02, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0185 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0626, 26.4944, 6.1315)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D2B #2B3C9E

analogous

#9E532B #9E8D2B #769E2B

triadic

#9E8D2B #2B9E8D #8D2B9E

tetradic

#9E8D2B #2B9E53 #2B3C9E #9E2B76

square

#9E8D2B #2B9E53 #2B3C9E #9E2B76

split-complementary

#9E8D2B #2B769E #532B9E

monochromatic

#3E3711 #6E621E #9E8D2B #CAB53C #D7C76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D2B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D2B	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)

#9B891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6b',
    500: '#9e8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d2b;
$custom-light: #beae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64064,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D2B

secondary

#6774BE

accent

#5EE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D2B

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

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