#9E9155#9E9155

#9E9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.081 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9155
RGB	rgb(158, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 46.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -3.78, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 33.69, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0106 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.081 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8663, 28.1767, 12.6687)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9155 #55629E

analogous

#9E6C55 #9E9155 #869E55

triadic

#9E9155 #559E91 #91559E

tetradic

#9E9155 #559E6C #55629E #9E5586

square

#9E9155 #559E6C #55629E #9E5586

split-complementary

#9E9155 #55869E #6C559E

monochromatic

#4E482A #766C40 #9E9155 #B7AC79 #CCC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9E9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#9E9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9155

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9155	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.081 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb186',
    500: '#9e9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9155;
$custom-light: #bcb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9155

secondary

#959CBA

accent

#73C662

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9155

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

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