#9F8724#9F8724

#9F8724 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8724
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 77.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -1.41, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 53.00, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0096 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2818, 24.8276, 5.2346)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8724 #243C9F

analogous

#9F4A24 #9F8724 #799F24

triadic

#9F8724 #249F87 #87249F

tetradic

#9F8724 #249F4A #243C9F #9F2479

square

#9F8724 #249F4A #243C9F #9F2479

split-complementary

#9F8724 #24799F #4A249F

monochromatic

#3B320D #6D5D19 #9F8724 #D0B130 #DBC462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9F8724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#9F8724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8724

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8724	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa967',
    500: '#9f8724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8724;
$custom-light: #bfa967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62809,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8724

secondary

#5E71C1

accent

#62E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8724

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

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