#9F8A23#9F8A23

#9F8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A23
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -3.10, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 54.19, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0145 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.6912, 25.6705, 5.2968)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A23 #23389F

analogous

#9F4C23 #9F8A23 #769F23

triadic

#9F8A23 #239F8A #8A239F

tetradic

#9F8A23 #239F4C #23389F #9F2376

square

#9F8A23 #239F4C #23389F #9F2376

split-complementary

#9F8A23 #23769F #4C239F

monochromatic

#3B330D #6D5E18 #9F8A23 #D1B52E #DCC760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A23

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A23	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab67',
    500: '#9f8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a23;
$custom-light: #bfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A23

secondary

#5D6EC1

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A23

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

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