#9F8A28#9F8A28

#9F8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A28
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -2.88, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 52.35, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0133 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7708, 25.7023, 5.7161)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A28 #283D9F

analogous

#9F4F28 #9F8A28 #799F28

triadic

#9F8A28 #289F8A #8A289F

tetradic

#9F8A28 #289F4F #283D9F #9F2879

square

#9F8A28 #289F4F #283D9F #9F2879

split-complementary

#9F8A28 #28799F #4F289F

monochromatic

#3D350F #6E601C #9F8A28 #CDB237 #D9C568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9F8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A28

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A28	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)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab69',
    500: '#9f8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a28;
$custom-light: #bfab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A28

secondary

#6474BF

accent

#61E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A28

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

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