#9F8A42#9F8A42

#9F8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.095 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A42
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -1.24, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 40.85, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0055 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.095 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3709, 25.9424, 8.8769)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A42 #42579F

analogous

#9F5C42 #9F8A42 #869F42

triadic

#9F8A42 #429F8A #8A429F

tetradic

#9F8A42 #429F5C #42579F #9F4286

square

#9F8A42 #429F5C #42579F #9F4286

split-complementary

#9F8A42 #42869F #5C429F

monochromatic

#493F1E #746430 #9F8A42 #BDA861 #CFC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9F8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A42

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A42	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.095 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab79',
    500: '#9f8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a42;
$custom-light: #beab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A42

secondary

#828FBA

accent

#72D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A42

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

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