#9E8E23#9E8E23

#9E8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E23
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -5.74, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 55.29, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0219 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0781, 26.7376, 5.4824)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E23 #23339E

analogous

#9E5023 #9E8E23 #709E23

triadic

#9E8E23 #239E8E #8E239E

tetradic

#9E8E23 #239E50 #23339E #9E2370

square

#9E8E23 #239E50 #23339E #9E2370

split-complementary

#9E8E23 #23709E #50239E

monochromatic

#3A340D #6C6118 #9E8E23 #D0BB2E #DCCC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9E8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E23

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E23	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9e8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e23;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64229,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E23

secondary

#5C69C1

accent

#57E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E23

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

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