#9E8D2E#9E8D2E

#9E8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D2E
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -4.67, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 50.81, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0177 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1197, 26.5173, 6.4321)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D2E #2E3F9E

analogous

#9E552E #9E8D2E #779E2E

triadic

#9E8D2E #2E9E8D #8D2E9E

tetradic

#9E8D2E #2E9E55 #2E3F9E #9E2E77

square

#9E8D2E #2E9E55 #2E3F9E #9E2E77

split-complementary

#9E8D2E #2E779E #552E9E

monochromatic

#3F3812 #6F6320 #9E8D2E #C8B341 #D6C671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D2E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6d',
    500: '#9e8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d2e;
$custom-light: #beae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64088,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D2E

secondary

#6B77BD

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D2E

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

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