#9E9232#9E9232

#9E9232 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9232
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -7.16, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 50.87, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0243 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9562, 28.0582, 7.1182)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9232 #323E9E

analogous

#9E5C32 #9E9232 #749E32

triadic

#9E9232 #329E92 #92329E

tetradic

#9E9232 #329E5C #323E9E #9E3274

square

#9E9232 #329E5C #323E9E #9E3274

split-complementary

#9E9232 #32749E #5C329E

monochromatic

#413C15 #706723 #9E9232 #C5B748 #D4C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9E9232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9E9232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9232

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9232	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb16f',
    500: '#9e9232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9232;
$custom-light: #beb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65222,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9232

secondary

#7078BC

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9232

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

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