#9F8A35#9F8A35

#9F8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.107 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A35
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -2.17, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 46.95, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0098 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.107 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0303, 25.8062, 7.0828)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A35 #354A9F

analogous

#9F5535 #9F8A35 #7F9F35

triadic

#9F8A35 #359F8A #8A359F

tetradic

#9F8A35 #359F55 #354A9F #9F357F

square

#9F8A35 #359F55 #354A9F #9F357F

split-complementary

#9F8A35 #357F9F #55359F

monochromatic

#433A16 #716226 #9F8A35 #C4AC4D #D3C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9F8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9F8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A35

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A35	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)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.107 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab70',
    500: '#9f8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a35;
$custom-light: #beab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A35

secondary

#7482BC

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A35

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

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