#9F8A2F#9F8A2F

#9F8A2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.111 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A2F
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -2.52, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 49.55, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0115 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.111 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9008, 25.7544, 6.4009)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A2F #2F449F

analogous

#9F522F #9F8A2F #7C9F2F

triadic

#9F8A2F #2F9F8A #8A2F9F

tetradic

#9F8A2F #2F9F52 #2F449F #9F2F7C

square

#9F8A2F #2F9F52 #2F449F #9F2F7C

split-complementary

#9F8A2F #2F7C9F #522F9F

monochromatic

#413813 #706121 #9F8A2F #C8AF44 #D6C373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9F8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A2F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A2F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.111 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6d',
    500: '#9f8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a2f;
$custom-light: #bfab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A2F

secondary

#6D7CBD

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A2F

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

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