#9F8925#9F8925

#9F8925 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8925
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 76.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -2.47, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 53.19, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0125 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5789, 25.3971, 5.4101)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8925 #253B9F

analogous

#9F4C25 #9F8925 #789F25

triadic

#9F8925 #259F89 #89259F

tetradic

#9F8925 #259F4C #253B9F #9F2578

square

#9F8925 #259F4C #253B9F #9F2578

split-complementary

#9F8925 #25789F #4C259F

monochromatic

#3C330E #6D5E19 #9F8925 #CFB332 #DBC564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9F8925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9F8925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8925

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8925	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#988612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab67',
    500: '#9f8925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8925;
$custom-light: #bfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63248,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8925

secondary

#5F71C0

accent

#60E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8925

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

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