#9F8B27#9F8B27

#9F8B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B27
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -3.48, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 53.03, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0151 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8981, 25.9839, 5.6757)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B27 #273B9F

analogous

#9F4F27 #9F8B27 #779F27

triadic

#9F8B27 #279F8B #8B279F

tetradic

#9F8B27 #279F4F #273B9F #9F2777

square

#9F8B27 #279F4F #273B9F #9F2777

split-complementary

#9F8B27 #27779F #4F279F

monochromatic

#3D350F #6E601B #9F8B27 #CEB436 #DAC767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9F8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B27

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B27	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac69',
    500: '#9f8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b27;
$custom-light: #bfac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B27

secondary

#6272C0

accent

#5FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B27

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

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