#9F8727#9F8727

#9F8727 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8727
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -1.28, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 51.88, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0089 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.115 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3295, 24.8467, 5.4861)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8727 #273F9F

analogous

#9F4B27 #9F8727 #7B9F27

triadic

#9F8727 #279F87 #87279F

tetradic

#9F8727 #279F4B #273F9F #9F277B

square

#9F8727 #279F4B #273F9F #9F277B

split-complementary

#9F8727 #277B9F #4B279F

monochromatic

#3D340F #6E5D1B #9F8727 #CEAF36 #DAC367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9F8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#9F8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8727

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8727	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)

#968417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa968',
    500: '#9f8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8727;
$custom-light: #bfa968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8727

secondary

#6275C0

accent

#64E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8727

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

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