#9F8928#9F8928

#9F8928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8928
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -2.33, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 52.06, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0118 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6280, 25.4167, 5.6685)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8928 #283E9F

analogous

#9F4E28 #9F8928 #7A9F28

triadic

#9F8928 #289F89 #89289F

tetradic

#9F8928 #289F4E #283E9F #9F287A

square

#9F8928 #289F4E #283E9F #9F287A

split-complementary

#9F8928 #287A9F #4E289F

monochromatic

#3D350F #6E5F1C #9F8928 #CDB137 #D9C468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9F8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9F8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8928

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8928	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)

#988618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab69',
    500: '#9f8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8928;
$custom-light: #bfab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8928

secondary

#6474BF

accent

#62E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8928

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

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