#9E8D32#9E8D32

#9E8D32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D32
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -4.45, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 49.14, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0166 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.111 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2022, 26.5503, 6.8669)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D32 #32439E

analogous

#9E5732 #9E8D32 #799E32

triadic

#9E8D32 #329E8D #8D329E

tetradic

#9E8D32 #329E57 #32439E #9E3279

square

#9E8D32 #329E57 #32439E #9E3279

split-complementary

#9E8D32 #32799E #57329E

monochromatic

#413A15 #706423 #9E8D32 #C5B148 #D4C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9E8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9E8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D32

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D32	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)

#9B8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6f',
    500: '#9e8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d32;
$custom-light: #beae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D32

secondary

#707CBC

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D32

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

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