#9E8D2D#9E8D2D

#9E8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D2D
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -4.73, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 51.22, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.018 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.1002, 26.5095, 6.3295)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D2D #2D3E9E

analogous

#9E542D #9E8D2D #779E2D

triadic

#9E8D2D #2D9E8D #8D2D9E

tetradic

#9E8D2D #2D9E54 #2D3E9E #9E2D77

square

#9E8D2D #2D9E54 #2D3E9E #9E2D77

split-complementary

#9E8D2D #2D779E #542D9E

monochromatic

#3F3812 #6E621F #9E8D2D #C9B440 #D6C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D2D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6c',
    500: '#9e8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d2d;
$custom-light: #beae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.26508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D2D

secondary

#6976BD

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D2D

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

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