#9F8A2C#9F8A2C

#9F8A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2C
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -2.68, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 50.78, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0123 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8424, 25.7310, 6.0931)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2C #2C419F

analogous

#9F502C #9F8A2C #7B9F2C

triadic

#9F8A2C #2C9F8A #8A2C9F

tetradic

#9F8A2C #2C9F50 #2C419F #9F2C7B

square

#9F8A2C #2C9F50 #2C419F #9F2C7B

split-complementary

#9F8A2C #2C7B9F #502C9F

monochromatic

#3F3711 #6F601F #9F8A2C #CAB03E #D7C46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6b',
    500: '#9f8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2c;
$custom-light: #bfab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2C

secondary

#6978BE

accent

#64E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2C

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

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