#9E8E2E#9E8E2E

#9E8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E2E
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -5.22, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 51.14, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0192 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2678, 26.8135, 6.4815)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E2E #2E3E9E

analogous

#9E562E #9E8E2E #769E2E

triadic

#9E8E2E #2E9E8E #8E2E9E

tetradic

#9E8E2E #2E9E56 #2E3E9E #9E2E76

square

#9E8E2E #2E9E56 #2E3E9E #9E2E76

split-complementary

#9E8E2E #2E769E #562E9E

monochromatic

#3F3912 #6F6320 #9E8E2E #C8B541 #D6C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9E8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9E8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E2E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E2E	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae6d',
    500: '#9e8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e2e;
$custom-light: #beae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E2E

secondary

#6B76BD

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E2E

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

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