#9E8F2D#9E8F2D

#9E8F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F2D
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -5.82, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 51.88, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0211 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3978, 27.1046, 6.4287)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F2D #2D3C9E

analogous

#9E562D #9E8F2D #759E2D

triadic

#9E8F2D #2D9E8F #8F2D9E

tetradic

#9E8F2D #2D9E56 #2D3C9E #9E2D75

square

#9E8F2D #2D9E56 #2D3C9E #9E2D75

split-complementary

#9E8F2D #2D759E #562D9E

monochromatic

#3F3912 #6E641F #9E8F2D #C9B640 #D6C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9E8F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9E8F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F2D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaf6c',
    500: '#9e8f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f2d;
$custom-light: #beaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64519,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F2D

secondary

#6975BD

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F2D

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

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