#9E9138#9E9138

#9E9138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9138
RGB	rgb(158, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -6.25, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 47.91, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.021 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(24.9408, 27.8065, 7.7941)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9138 #38459E

analogous

#9E5E38 #9E9138 #789E38

triadic

#9E9138 #389E91 #91389E

tetradic

#9E9138 #389E5E #38459E #9E3878

square

#9E9138 #389E5E #38459E #9E3878

split-complementary

#9E9138 #38789E #5E389E

monochromatic

#443E18 #716828 #9E9138 #C2B352 #D2C77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9E9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#9E9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9138

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9138	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb173',
    500: '#9e9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9138;
$custom-light: #bdb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.27805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9138

secondary

#7780BB

accent

#62D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9138

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

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