#9F8528#9F8528

#9F8528 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8528
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -0.12, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 50.95, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0055 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.113 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0699, 24.3005, 5.4824)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8528 #28429F

analogous

#9F4A28 #9F8528 #7E9F28

triadic

#9F8528 #289F85 #85289F

tetradic

#9F8528 #289F4A #28429F #9F287E

square

#9F8528 #289F4A #28429F #9F287E

split-complementary

#9F8528 #287E9F #4A289F

monochromatic

#3D330F #6E5C1C #9F8528 #CDAC37 #D9C068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9F8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9F8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8528

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8528	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)

#948319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa869',
    500: '#9f8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8528;
$custom-light: #bfa869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62406,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8528

secondary

#6478BF

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8528

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

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