#9F8A39#9F8A39

#9F8A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A39
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -1.91, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 45.13, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0085 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.103 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1262, 25.8445, 7.5878)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A39 #394E9F

analogous

#9F5739 #9F8A39 #819F39

triadic

#9F8A39 #399F8A #8A399F

tetradic

#9F8A39 #399F57 #394E9F #9F3981

square

#9F8A39 #399F57 #394E9F #9F3981

split-complementary

#9F8A39 #39819F #57399F

monochromatic

#453C19 #726329 #9F8A39 #C2AB54 #D2C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9F8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A39

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A39	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab73',
    500: '#9f8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a39;
$custom-light: #beab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63637,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A39

secondary

#7886BB

accent

#6DD751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A39

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

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