#9E8E2D#9E8E2D

#9E8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E2D
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -5.27, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 51.55, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0195 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2483, 26.8057, 6.3789)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E2D #2D3D9E

analogous

#9E552D #9E8E2D #769E2D

triadic

#9E8E2D #2D9E8E #8E2D9E

tetradic

#9E8E2D #2D9E55 #2D3D9E #9E2D76

square

#9E8E2D #2D9E55 #2D3D9E #9E2D76

split-complementary

#9E8E2D #2D769E #552D9E

monochromatic

#3F3812 #6E631F #9E8E2D #C9B540 #D6C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9E8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9E8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E2D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E2D	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)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6c',
    500: '#9e8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e2d;
$custom-light: #beae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64299,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E2D

secondary

#6975BD

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E2D

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

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