#9E8F27#9E8F27

#9E8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F27
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -6.11, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 54.19, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0225 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2904, 27.0616, 5.8630)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F27 #27369E

analogous

#9E5327 #9E8F27 #719E27

triadic

#9E8F27 #279E8F #8F279E

tetradic

#9E8F27 #279E53 #27369E #9E2771

square

#9E8F27 #279E53 #27369E #9E2771

split-complementary

#9E8F27 #27719E #53279E

monochromatic

#3C360F #6D631B #9E8F27 #CDBA35 #D9CB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9E8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F27

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf69',
    500: '#9e8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f27;
$custom-light: #beaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F27

secondary

#626DBF

accent

#58E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F27

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

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