#9F8B2F#9F8B2F

#9F8B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.112 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B2F
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -3.07, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 49.85, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0131 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.112 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0449, 26.0426, 6.4490)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B2F #2F439F

analogous

#9F532F #9F8B2F #7B9F2F

triadic

#9F8B2F #2F9F8B #8B2F9F

tetradic

#9F8B2F #2F9F53 #2F439F #9F2F7B

square

#9F8B2F #2F9F53 #2F439F #9F2F7B

split-complementary

#9F8B2F #2F7B9F #532F9F

monochromatic

#413813 #706221 #9F8B2F #C8B044 #D6C473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9F8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9F8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B2F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B2F	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)

#998822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.112 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac6d',
    500: '#9f8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b2f;
$custom-light: #bfac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63759,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B2F

secondary

#6D7BBD

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B2F

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

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