#9E8E2A#9E8E2A

#9E8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E2A
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -5.43, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 52.73, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0203 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1926, 26.7834, 6.0854)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E2A #2A3A9E

analogous

#9E542A #9E8E2A #749E2A

triadic

#9E8E2A #2A9E8E #8E2A9E

tetradic

#9E8E2A #2A9E54 #2A3A9E #9E2A74

square

#9E8E2A #2A9E54 #2A3A9E #9E2A74

split-complementary

#9E8E2A #2A749E #542A9E

monochromatic

#3D3710 #6E631D #9E8E2A #CBB73A #D8C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9E8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9E8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E2A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E2A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6b',
    500: '#9e8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e2a;
$custom-light: #beae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E2A

secondary

#6672BE

accent

#5CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E2A

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

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