#9E8E25#9E8E25

#9E8E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E25
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -5.66, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 54.59, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0215 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1086, 26.7498, 5.6433)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E25 #25359E

analogous

#9E5125 #9E8E25 #719E25

triadic

#9E8E25 #259E8E #8E259E

tetradic

#9E8E25 #259E51 #25359E #9E2571

square

#9E8E25 #259E51 #25359E #9E2571

split-complementary

#9E8E25 #25719E #51259E

monochromatic

#3B350E #6C6119 #9E8E25 #CFBA31 #DACB63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9E8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E25

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E25	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)

#9C8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae68',
    500: '#9e8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e25;
$custom-light: #beae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E25

secondary

#5F6CC0

accent

#58E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E25

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

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