#9E993B#9E993B

#9E993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E993B
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 62.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -10.34, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 49.66, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0323 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.115 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2821, 30.3682, 8.6140)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E993B #3B409E

analogous

#9E683B #9E993B #719E3B

triadic

#9E993B #3B9E99 #993B9E

tetradic

#9E993B #3B9E68 #3B409E #9E3B71

square

#9E993B #3B9E68 #3B409E #9E3B71

split-complementary

#9E993B #3B719E #683B9E

monochromatic

#45431A #716E2A #9E993B #C0BB56 #D1CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9E993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#9E993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E993B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E993B	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb675',
    500: '#9e993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e993b;
$custom-light: #bdb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6686,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E993B

secondary

#7A7EBB

accent

#59D553

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E993B

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

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