#9F8523#9F8523

#9F8523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8523
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -0.34, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 52.83, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0067 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.116 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9903, 24.2687, 5.0632)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8523 #233D9F

analogous

#9F4723 #9F8523 #7B9F23

triadic

#9F8523 #239F85 #85239F

tetradic

#9F8523 #239F47 #233D9F #9F237B

square

#9F8523 #239F47 #233D9F #9F237B

split-complementary

#9F8523 #237B9F #47239F

monochromatic

#3B310D #6D5B18 #9F8523 #D1AF2E #DCC260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9F8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8523

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8523	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9f8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8523;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8523

secondary

#5D72C1

accent

#64E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8523

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

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