#9E9237#9E9237

#9E9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9237
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -6.85, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 48.72, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0228 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0700, 28.1037, 7.7177)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9237 #37439E

analogous

#9E5F37 #9E9237 #779E37

triadic

#9E9237 #379E92 #92379E

tetradic

#9E9237 #379E5F #37439E #9E3777

square

#9E9237 #379E5F #37439E #9E3777

split-complementary

#9E9237 #37779E #5F379E

monochromatic

#433E17 #716827 #9E9237 #C2B550 #D2C87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9E9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#9E9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9237

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9237	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb172',
    500: '#9e9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9237;
$custom-light: #bdb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65267,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9237

secondary

#767EBB

accent

#60D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9237

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

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