#9E8F22#9E8F22

#9E8F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F22
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -6.33, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 55.94, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0236 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(24.2129, 27.0307, 5.4551)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F22 #22319E

analogous

#9E5122 #9E8F22 #6F9E22

triadic

#9E8F22 #229E8F #8F229E

tetradic

#9E8F22 #229E51 #22319E #9E226F

square

#9E8F22 #229E51 #22319E #9E226F

split-complementary

#9E8F22 #226F9E #51229E

monochromatic

#39340C #6C6117 #9E8F22 #D0BD2D #DCCD5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9E8F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F22

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F22	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf67',
    500: '#9e8f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f22;
$custom-light: #beaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F22

secondary

#5B67C1

accent

#54E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F22

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

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