#9F8A3D#9F8A3D

#9F8A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A3D
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -1.62, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 43.26, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0072 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.1 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2299, 25.8860, 8.1342)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A3D #3D529F

analogous

#9F593D #9F8A3D #839F3D

triadic

#9F8A3D #3D9F8A #8A3D9F

tetradic

#9F8A3D #3D9F59 #3D529F #9F3D83

square

#9F8A3D #3D9F59 #3D529F #9F3D83

split-complementary

#9F8A3D #3D839F #593D9F

monochromatic

#473D1B #73642C #9F8A3D #C0AA5A #D1C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9F8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A3D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A3D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab75',
    500: '#9f8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a3d;
$custom-light: #beab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 44.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63681,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A3D

secondary

#7D8ABB

accent

#6FD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A3D

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

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