#9E8F3C#9E8F3C

#9E8F3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.105 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8F3C
RGB	rgb(158, 143, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -4.88, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 45.35, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0166 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.105 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7396, 27.2413, 8.2291)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8F3C #3C4B9E

analogous

#9E5E3C #9E8F3C #7C9E3C

triadic

#9E8F3C #3C9E8F #8F3C9E

tetradic

#9E8F3C #3C9E5E #3C4B9E #9E3C7C

square

#9E8F3C #3C9E5E #3C4B9E #9E3C7C

split-complementary

#9E8F3C #3C7C9E #5E3C9E

monochromatic

#453F1A #72672B #9E8F3C #BFB058 #D0C584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9E8F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#9E8F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8F3C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8F3C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 143, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.105 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf75',
    500: '#9e8f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8f3c;
$custom-light: #bdaf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64659,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8F3C

secondary

#7B85BA

accent

#67D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8F3C

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

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