#9E8D37#9E8D37

#9E8D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D37
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -4.13, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 46.94, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0151 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.107 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3161, 26.5958, 7.4664)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D37 #37489E

analogous

#9E5A37 #9E8D37 #7C9E37

triadic

#9E8D37 #379E8D #8D379E

tetradic

#9E8D37 #379E5A #37489E #9E377C

square

#9E8D37 #379E5A #37489E #9E377C

split-complementary

#9E8D37 #377C9E #5A379E

monochromatic

#433C17 #716427 #9E8D37 #C2AF50 #D2C47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9E8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9E8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D37

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D37	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae72',
    500: '#9e8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d37;
$custom-light: #beae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6417,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D37

secondary

#7681BB

accent

#66D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D37

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

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