#9F8A26#9F8A26

#9F8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A26
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 76.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -2.97, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 53.11, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0138 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7376, 25.6891, 5.5415)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A26 #263B9F

analogous

#9F4D26 #9F8A26 #779F26

triadic

#9F8A26 #269F8A #8A269F

tetradic

#9F8A26 #269F4D #263B9F #9F2677

square

#9F8A26 #269F4D #263B9F #9F2677

split-complementary

#9F8A26 #26779F #4D269F

monochromatic

#3C340E #6E5F1A #9F8A26 #CEB434 #DAC665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9F8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A26

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A26	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab68',
    500: '#9f8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a26;
$custom-light: #bfab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63472,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A26

secondary

#6171C0

accent

#5FE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A26

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

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