#9F842E#9F842E

#9F842E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.108 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F842E
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 0.74, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 48.24, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0023 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.108 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0437, 24.0721, 6.0169)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F842E #2E499F

analogous

#9F4C2E #9F842E #819F2E

triadic

#9F842E #2E9F84 #842E9F

tetradic

#9F842E #2E9F4C #2E499F #9F2E81

square

#9F842E #2E9F4C #2E499F #9F2E81

split-complementary

#9F842E #2E819F #4C2E9F

monochromatic

#403513 #705D20 #9F842E #C8A842 #D6BE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9F842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9F842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F842E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F842E	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#938222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.108 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa76c',
    500: '#9f842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f842e;
$custom-light: #bfa76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62241,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F842E

secondary

#6B7FBE

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F842E

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

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