#9F8A2E#9F8A2E

#9F8A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.112 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2E
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -2.58, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 49.96, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0118 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.112 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.8809, 25.7464, 6.2959)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2E #2E439F

analogous

#9F522E #9F8A2E #7B9F2E

triadic

#9F8A2E #2E9F8A #8A2E9F

tetradic

#9F8A2E #2E9F52 #2E439F #9F2E7B

square

#9F8A2E #2E9F52 #2E439F #9F2E7B

split-complementary

#9F8A2E #2E7B9F #522E9F

monochromatic

#403813 #706120 #9F8A2E #C8AF42 #D6C371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.112 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6c',
    500: '#9f8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2e;
$custom-light: #bfab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2E

secondary

#6B7BBE

accent

#65DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2E

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

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