#9F8D28#9F8D28

#9F8D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D28
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 74.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -4.53, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 53.26, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.018 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2071, 26.5751, 5.8615)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D28 #283A9F

analogous

#9F5228 #9F8D28 #769F28

triadic

#9F8D28 #289F8D #8D289F

tetradic

#9F8D28 #289F52 #283A9F #9F2876

square

#9F8D28 #289F52 #283A9F #9F2876

split-complementary

#9F8D28 #28769F #52289F

monochromatic

#3D360F #6E621C #9F8D28 #CDB637 #D9C868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9F8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D28

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D28	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae69',
    500: '#9f8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d28;
$custom-light: #bfae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6414,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D28

secondary

#6471BF

accent

#5DE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D28

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

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