#9F8428#9F8428

#9F8428 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8428
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 0.43, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 50.69, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0039 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.112 92)
XYZ	xyz(22.9336, 24.0280, 5.4370)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8428 #28439F

analogous

#9F4928 #9F8428 #7F9F28

triadic

#9F8428 #289F84 #84289F

tetradic

#9F8428 #289F49 #28439F #9F287F

square

#9F8428 #289F49 #28439F #9F287F

split-complementary

#9F8428 #287F9F #49289F

monochromatic

#3D330F #6E5B1C #9F8428 #CDAB37 #D9C068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9F8428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9F8428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8428

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8428	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa768',
    500: '#9f8428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8428;
$custom-light: #bfa768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.24027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8428

secondary

#6478BF

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8428

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

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