#9F8B2E#9F8B2E

#9F8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B2E
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -3.13, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 50.27, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0134 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.113 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0250, 26.0346, 6.3440)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B2E #2E429F

analogous

#9F532E #9F8B2E #7A9F2E

triadic

#9F8B2E #2E9F8B #8B2E9F

tetradic

#9F8B2E #2E9F53 #2E429F #9F2E7A

square

#9F8B2E #2E9F53 #2E429F #9F2E7A

split-complementary

#9F8B2E #2E7A9F #532E9F

monochromatic

#403813 #706220 #9F8B2E #C8B142 #D6C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9F8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9F8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B2E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B2E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac6c',
    500: '#9f8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b2e;
$custom-light: #bfac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6375,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B2E

secondary

#6B7ABE

accent

#64DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B2E

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

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