#9E8E27#9E8E27

#9E8E27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E27
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -5.57, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 53.87, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1409, 26.7627, 5.8132)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E27 #27379E

analogous

#9E5227 #9E8E27 #729E27

triadic

#9E8E27 #279E8E #8E279E

tetradic

#9E8E27 #279E52 #27379E #9E2772

square

#9E8E27 #279E52 #27379E #9E2772

split-complementary

#9E8E27 #27729E #52279E

monochromatic

#3C360F #6D621B #9E8E27 #CDB935 #D9CA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9E8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E27

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E27	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae69',
    500: '#9e8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e27;
$custom-light: #beae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E27

secondary

#626EBF

accent

#5AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E27

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

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