#9F8720#9F8720

#9F8720 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8720
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -1.57, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 54.40, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0104 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.119 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2240, 24.8045, 4.9307)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8720 #20389F

analogous

#9F4720 #9F8720 #789F20

triadic

#9F8720 #209F87 #87209F

tetradic

#9F8720 #209F47 #20389F #9F2078

square

#9F8720 #209F47 #20389F #9F2078

split-complementary

#9F8720 #20789F #47209F

monochromatic

#39300B #6C5C16 #9F8720 #D2B22A #DEC55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9F8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9F8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8720

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8720	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa965',
    500: '#9f8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8720;
$custom-light: #bfa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8720

secondary

#596DC2

accent

#5FE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8720

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

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