#9F8A24#9F8A24

#9F8A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.119 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A24
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 77.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -3.06, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 53.83, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0143 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.119 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7062, 25.6765, 5.3761)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A24 #24399F

analogous

#9F4C24 #9F8A24 #769F24

triadic

#9F8A24 #249F8A #8A249F

tetradic

#9F8A24 #249F4C #24399F #9F2476

square

#9F8A24 #249F4C #24399F #9F2476

split-complementary

#9F8A24 #24769F #4C249F

monochromatic

#3B330D #6D5F19 #9F8A24 #D0B530 #DBC762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A24

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A24	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)

#998710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.119 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab67',
    500: '#9f8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a24;
$custom-light: #bfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A24

secondary

#5E6FC1

accent

#5EE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A24

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

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