#9E8F23#9E8F23

#9E8F23 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	#9E8F23
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -6.29, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 55.60, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0234 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(24.2276, 27.0365, 5.5322)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F23 #23329E

analogous

#9E5123 #9E8F23 #6F9E23

triadic

#9E8F23 #239E8F #8F239E

tetradic

#9E8F23 #239E51 #23329E #9E236F

square

#9E8F23 #239E51 #23329E #9E236F

split-complementary

#9E8F23 #236F9E #51239E

monochromatic

#3A340D #6C6218 #9E8F23 #D0BC2E #DCCD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9E8F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F23

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F23	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)

#9D8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf67',
    500: '#9e8f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f23;
$custom-light: #beaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64449,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.27035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F23

secondary

#5C68C1

accent

#55E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F23

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

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