#9F8B2A#9F8B2A

#9F8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B2A
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 73.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -3.33, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 51.88, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0144 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9498, 26.0046, 5.9479)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B2A #2A3E9F

analogous

#9F512A #9F8B2A #789F2A

triadic

#9F8B2A #2A9F8B #8B2A9F

tetradic

#9F8B2A #2A9F51 #2A3E9F #9F2A78

square

#9F8B2A #2A9F51 #2A3E9F #9F2A78

split-complementary

#9F8B2A #2A789F #512A9F

monochromatic

#3E3610 #6F611D #9F8B2A #CBB33B #D8C56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9F8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B2A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B2A	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)

#99881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac6a',
    500: '#9f8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b2a;
$custom-light: #bfac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63719,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B2A

secondary

#6675BF

accent

#61E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B2A

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

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