#9F8A2B#9F8A2B

#9F8A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.114 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2B
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -2.74, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 51.18, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0126 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.114 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8238, 25.7236, 5.9953)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2B #2B409F

analogous

#9F502B #9F8A2B #7A9F2B

triadic

#9F8A2B #2B9F8A #8A2B9F

tetradic

#9F8A2B #2B9F50 #2B409F #9F2B7A

square

#9F8A2B #2B9F50 #2B409F #9F2B7A

split-complementary

#9F8A2B #2B7A9F #502B9F

monochromatic

#3F3611 #6F601E #9F8A2B #CAB13D #D7C46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9F8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2B	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)

#98871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.114 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6b',
    500: '#9f8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2b;
$custom-light: #bfab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2B

secondary

#6777BE

accent

#63E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2B

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

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