#9F8A3B#9F8A3B

#9F8A3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A3B
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -1.77, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 44.20, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0079 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.102 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1770, 25.8649, 7.8558)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A3B #3B509F

analogous

#9F583B #9F8A3B #829F3B

triadic

#9F8A3B #3B9F8A #8A3B9F

tetradic

#9F8A3B #3B9F58 #3B509F #9F3B82

square

#9F8A3B #3B9F58 #3B509F #9F3B82

split-complementary

#9F8A3B #3B829F #583B9F

monochromatic

#463D1A #72632A #9F8A3B #C1AA57 #D1C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9F8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A3B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A3B	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)

#978732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab74',
    500: '#9f8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a3b;
$custom-light: #beab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 45.872,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63659,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A3B

secondary

#7B88BB

accent

#6ED652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A3B

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

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