#9F8A33#9F8A33

#9F8A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.108 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A33
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -2.29, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 47.83, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0104 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.108 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9852, 25.7881, 6.8456)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A33 #33489F

analogous

#9F5433 #9F8A33 #7E9F33

triadic

#9F8A33 #339F8A #8A339F

tetradic

#9F8A33 #339F54 #33489F #9F337E

square

#9F8A33 #339F54 #33489F #9F337E

split-complementary

#9F8A33 #337E9F #54339F

monochromatic

#423A15 #716224 #9F8A33 #C5AD4A #D4C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9F8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9F8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A33

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A33	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.108 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab6f',
    500: '#9f8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a33;
$custom-light: #bfab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63577,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A33

secondary

#7180BC

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A33

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

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