#9F8927#9F8927

#9F8927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8927
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -2.38, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 52.44, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.012 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.116 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6112, 25.4100, 5.5800)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8927 #273D9F

analogous

#9F4D27 #9F8927 #799F27

triadic

#9F8927 #279F89 #89279F

tetradic

#9F8927 #279F4D #273D9F #9F2779

square

#9F8927 #279F4D #273D9F #9F2779

split-complementary

#9F8927 #27799F #4D279F

monochromatic

#3D340F #6E5F1B #9F8927 #CEB236 #DAC567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9F8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9F8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8927

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8927	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)

#988616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab68',
    500: '#9f8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8927;
$custom-light: #bfab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63262,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8927

secondary

#6273C0

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8927

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

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