#9F8527#9F8527

#9F8527 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8527
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -0.17, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 51.34, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0057 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.113 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0531, 24.2938, 5.3940)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8527 #27419F

analogous

#9F4927 #9F8527 #7D9F27

triadic

#9F8527 #279F85 #85279F

tetradic

#9F8527 #279F49 #27419F #9F277D

square

#9F8527 #279F49 #27419F #9F277D

split-complementary

#9F8527 #277D9F #49279F

monochromatic

#3D330F #6E5C1B #9F8527 #CEAD36 #DAC167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9F8527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9F8527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8527

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8527	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa868',
    500: '#9f8527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8527;
$custom-light: #bfa868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62399,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8527

secondary

#6276C0

accent

#67E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8527

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

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