#9E8F2B#9E8F2B

#9E8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F2B
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -5.92, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 52.67, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0216 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3602, 27.0896, 6.2307)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F2B #2B3A9E

analogous

#9E562B #9E8F2B #749E2B

triadic

#9E8F2B #2B9E8F #8F2B9E

tetradic

#9E8F2B #2B9E56 #2B3A9E #9E2B74

square

#9E8F2B #2B9E56 #2B3A9E #9E2B74

split-complementary

#9E8F2B #2B749E #562B9E

monochromatic

#3E3811 #6E631E #9E8F2B #CAB73C #D7C96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9E8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9E8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F2B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F2B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf6b',
    500: '#9e8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f2b;
$custom-light: #beaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64503,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F2B

secondary

#6772BE

accent

#5BE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F2B

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

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