#9F8529#9F8529

#9F8529 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.112 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8529
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -0.07, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 50.56, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0052 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.112 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0871, 24.3074, 5.5732)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8529 #29439F

analogous

#9F4A29 #9F8529 #7E9F29

triadic

#9F8529 #299F85 #85299F

tetradic

#9F8529 #299F4A #29439F #9F297E

square

#9F8529 #299F4A #29439F #9F297E

split-complementary

#9F8529 #297E9F #4A299F

monochromatic

#3E3410 #6E5C1C #9F8529 #CCAC39 #D9C06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9F8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9F8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8529

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8529	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)

#94831B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.112 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa869',
    500: '#9f8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8529;
$custom-light: #bfa869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8529

secondary

#6579BF

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8529

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

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