#9F8A27#9F8A27

#9F8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A27
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -2.93, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 52.73, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0136 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7540, 25.6956, 5.6276)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A27 #273C9F

analogous

#9F4E27 #9F8A27 #789F27

triadic

#9F8A27 #279F8A #8A279F

tetradic

#9F8A27 #279F4E #273C9F #9F2778

square

#9F8A27 #279F4E #273C9F #9F2778

split-complementary

#9F8A27 #27789F #4E279F

monochromatic

#3D350F #6E5F1B #9F8A27 #CEB336 #DAC667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9F8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A27

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A27	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab69',
    500: '#9f8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a27;
$custom-light: #bfab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63479,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A27

secondary

#6273C0

accent

#60E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A27

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

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