#9E8D3E#9E8D3E

#9E8D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D3E
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -3.64, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 43.70, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0128 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4959, 26.6678, 8.4136)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D3E #3E4F9E

analogous

#9E5D3E #9E8D3E #7F9E3E

triadic

#9E8D3E #3E9E8D #8D3E9E

tetradic

#9E8D3E #3E9E5D #3E4F9E #9E3E7F

square

#9E8D3E #3E9E5D #3E4F9E #9E3E7F

split-complementary

#9E8D3E #3E7F9E #5D3E9E

monochromatic

#463F1C #72662D #9E8D3E #BFAD5B #D0C387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9E8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9E8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D3E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D3E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae76',
    500: '#9e8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d3e;
$custom-light: #bdae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D3E

secondary

#7E88BA

accent

#6BD354

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D3E

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

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