#9E8F28#9E8F28

#9E8F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F28
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -6.07, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 53.82, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0223 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3072, 27.0683, 5.9514)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F28 #28379E

analogous

#9E5428 #9E8F28 #729E28

triadic

#9E8F28 #289E8F #8F289E

tetradic

#9E8F28 #289E54 #28379E #9E2872

square

#9E8F28 #289E54 #28379E #9E2872

split-complementary

#9E8F28 #28729E #54289E

monochromatic

#3C370F #6D631C #9E8F28 #CCB937 #D9CA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9E8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F28

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F28	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf6a',
    500: '#9e8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f28;
$custom-light: #beaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64482,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F28

secondary

#636FBF

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F28

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

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