#9E8D30#9E8D30

#9E8D30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.113 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D30
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 69.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -4.56, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 49.99, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0171 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.113 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1600, 26.5334, 6.6446)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D30 #30419E

analogous

#9E5630 #9E8D30 #789E30

triadic

#9E8D30 #309E8D #8D309E

tetradic

#9E8D30 #309E56 #30419E #9E3078

square

#9E8D30 #309E56 #30419E #9E3078

split-complementary

#9E8D30 #30789E #56309E

monochromatic

#403913 #6F6322 #9E8D30 #C6B245 #D5C674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9E8D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D30

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D30	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.113 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6e',
    500: '#9e8d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d30;
$custom-light: #beae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64105,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D30

secondary

#6D79BD

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D30

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

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