#9F8728#9F8728

#9F8728 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.114 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8728
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -1.23, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 51.50, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0086 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.114 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3463, 24.8534, 5.5746)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8728 #28409F

analogous

#9F4C28 #9F8728 #7C9F28

triadic

#9F8728 #289F87 #87289F

tetradic

#9F8728 #289F4C #28409F #9F287C

square

#9F8728 #289F4C #28409F #9F287C

split-complementary

#9F8728 #287C9F #4C289F

monochromatic

#3D340F #6E5D1C #9F8728 #CDAF37 #D9C268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9F8728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#9F8728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8728

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8728	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)

#968418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.114 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa969',
    500: '#9f8728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8728;
$custom-light: #bfa969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8728

secondary

#6476BF

accent

#65E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8728

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

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