#9F8A2A#9F8A2A

#9F8A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2A
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -2.79, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 51.58, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0128 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.115 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8057, 25.7163, 5.8999)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2A #2A3F9F

analogous

#9F502A #9F8A2A #7A9F2A

triadic

#9F8A2A #2A9F8A #8A2A9F

tetradic

#9F8A2A #2A9F50 #2A3F9F #9F2A7A

square

#9F8A2A #2A9F50 #2A3F9F #9F2A7A

split-complementary

#9F8A2A #2A7A9F #502A9F

monochromatic

#3E3610 #6F601D #9F8A2A #CBB13B #D8C56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9F8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2A	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)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6a',
    500: '#9f8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2a;
$custom-light: #bfab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2A

secondary

#6676BF

accent

#62E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2A

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

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