#9E8D2F#9E8D2F

#9E8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D2F
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -4.62, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 50.40, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0174 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.114 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1396, 26.5252, 6.5371)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D2F #2F409E

analogous

#9E562F #9E8D2F #779E2F

triadic

#9E8D2F #2F9E8D #8D2F9E

tetradic

#9E8D2F #2F9E56 #2F409E #9E2F77

square

#9E8D2F #2F9E56 #2F409E #9E2F77

split-complementary

#9E8D2F #2F779E #562F9E

monochromatic

#403913 #6F6321 #9E8D2F #C7B343 #D5C672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9E8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D2F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D2F	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)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6d',
    500: '#9e8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d2f;
$custom-light: #beae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64096,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D2F

secondary

#6C78BD

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D2F

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

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