#9F8A30#9F8A30

#9F8A30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.111 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A30
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -2.47, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 49.12, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0112 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.111 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9212, 25.7625, 6.5084)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A30 #30459F

analogous

#9F5330 #9F8A30 #7C9F30

triadic

#9F8A30 #309F8A #8A309F

tetradic

#9F8A30 #309F53 #30459F #9F307C

square

#9F8A30 #309F53 #30459F #9F307C

split-complementary

#9F8A30 #307C9F #53309F

monochromatic

#413814 #706122 #9F8A30 #C7AE45 #D5C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9F8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A30

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A30	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)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.111 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6e',
    500: '#9f8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a30;
$custom-light: #bfab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6355,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A30

secondary

#6E7DBD

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A30

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

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