#9F8A3A#9F8A3A

#9F8A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A3A
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -1.84, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 44.67, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0082 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.103 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1514, 25.8546, 7.7205)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A3A #3A4F9F

analogous

#9F583A #9F8A3A #819F3A

triadic

#9F8A3A #3A9F8A #8A3A9F

tetradic

#9F8A3A #3A9F58 #3A4F9F #9F3A81

square

#9F8A3A #3A9F58 #3A4F9F #9F3A81

split-complementary

#9F8A3A #3A819F #583A9F

monochromatic

#453C19 #72632A #9F8A3A #C1AB55 #D1C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9F8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A3A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A3A	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)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab74',
    500: '#9f8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a3a;
$custom-light: #beab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 46.544,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63648,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A3A

secondary

#7A87BB

accent

#6DD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A3A

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

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