#9E993E#9E993E

#9E993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E993E
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -10.12, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 48.32, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0313 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.113 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3622, 30.4002, 9.0357)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E993E #3E439E

analogous

#9E693E #9E993E #739E3E

triadic

#9E993E #3E9E99 #993E9E

tetradic

#9E993E #3E9E69 #3E439E #9E3E73

square

#9E993E #3E9E69 #3E439E #9E3E73

split-complementary

#9E993E #3E739E #693E9E

monochromatic

#46441C #726E2D #9E993E #BFB95B #D0CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9E993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9E993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E993E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E993E	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb677',
    500: '#9e993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e993e;
$custom-light: #bdb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6689,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E993E

secondary

#7E81BA

accent

#5BD354

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E993E

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

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