#9F8A2D#9F8A2D

#9F8A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2D
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -2.63, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 50.37, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0121 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.113 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8614, 25.7386, 6.1933)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2D #2D429F

analogous

#9F512D #9F8A2D #7B9F2D

triadic

#9F8A2D #2D9F8A #8A2D9F

tetradic

#9F8A2D #2D9F51 #2D429F #9F2D7B

square

#9F8A2D #2D9F51 #2D429F #9F2D7B

split-complementary

#9F8A2D #2D7B9F #512D9F

monochromatic

#403712 #6F6120 #9F8A2D #C9B040 #D6C470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2D	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)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6c',
    500: '#9f8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2d;
$custom-light: #bfab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2D

secondary

#6A79BE

accent

#64DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2D

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

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