#9E8F29#9E8F29

#9E8F29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F29
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -6.02, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 53.44, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0221 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.119 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3244, 27.0752, 6.0422)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F29 #29389E

analogous

#9E5529 #9E8F29 #739E29

triadic

#9E8F29 #299E8F #8F299E

tetradic

#9E8F29 #299E55 #29389E #9E2973

square

#9E8F29 #299E55 #29389E #9E2973

split-complementary

#9E8F29 #29739E #55299E

monochromatic

#3D3710 #6D631C #9E8F29 #CCB939 #D8CA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9E8F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8F29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F29

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F29	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)

#9D8B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf6a',
    500: '#9e8f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f29;
$custom-light: #beaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64489,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F29

secondary

#6470BF

accent

#5AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F29

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

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