#9F8924#9F8924

#9F8924 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8924
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -2.51, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 53.55, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0127 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5634, 25.3909, 5.3285)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8924 #243A9F

analogous

#9F4B24 #9F8924 #779F24

triadic

#9F8924 #249F89 #89249F

tetradic

#9F8924 #249F4B #243A9F #9F2477

square

#9F8924 #249F4B #243A9F #9F2477

split-complementary

#9F8924 #24779F #4B249F

monochromatic

#3B330D #6D5E19 #9F8924 #D0B430 #DBC662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9F8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9F8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8924

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8924	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab67',
    500: '#9f8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8924;
$custom-light: #bfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63242,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8924

secondary

#5E70C1

accent

#5FE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8924

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

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