#9F8530#9F8530

#9F8530 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.107 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8530
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 0.30, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 47.66, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0033 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.107 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2203, 24.3607, 6.2748)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8530 #304A9F

analogous

#9F4D30 #9F8530 #819F30

triadic

#9F8530 #309F85 #85309F

tetradic

#9F8530 #309F4D #304A9F #9F3081

square

#9F8530 #309F4D #304A9F #9F3081

split-complementary

#9F8530 #30819F #4D309F

monochromatic

#413614 #705E22 #9F8530 #C7A945 #D5BE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9F8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#9F8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8530

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8530	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.107 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa86d',
    500: '#9f8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8530;
$custom-light: #bfa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8530

secondary

#6E80BD

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8530

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

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