#9F8A31#9F8A31

#9F8A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.110 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A31
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -2.41, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 48.70, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0109 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.11 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9421, 25.7709, 6.6183)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A31 #31469F

analogous

#9F5331 #9F8A31 #7D9F31

triadic

#9F8A31 #319F8A #8A319F

tetradic

#9F8A31 #319F53 #31469F #9F317D

square

#9F8A31 #319F53 #31469F #9F317D

split-complementary

#9F8A31 #317D9F #53319F

monochromatic

#413914 #706123 #9F8A31 #C6AE47 #D5C376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9F8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9F8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A31

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A31	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)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.110 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6e',
    500: '#9f8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a31;
$custom-light: #bfab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63559,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A31

secondary

#6F7EBD

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A31

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

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