#9F8B25#9F8B25

#9F8B25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B25
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 76.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -3.57, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 53.76, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0156 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8658, 25.9710, 5.5057)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B25 #25399F

analogous

#9F4E25 #9F8B25 #769F25

triadic

#9F8B25 #259F8B #8B259F

tetradic

#9F8B25 #259F4E #25399F #9F2576

square

#9F8B25 #259F4E #25399F #9F2576

split-complementary

#9F8B25 #25769F #4E259F

monochromatic

#3C340E #6D6019 #9F8B25 #CFB532 #DBC764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9F8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B25

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B25	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)

#998811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac68',
    500: '#9f8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b25;
$custom-light: #bfac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B25

secondary

#5F6FC0

accent

#5DE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B25

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

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