#9F8D29#9F8D29

#9F8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D29
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 74.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -4.48, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 52.88, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0178 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2244, 26.5820, 5.9523)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D29 #293B9F

analogous

#9F5229 #9F8D29 #769F29

triadic

#9F8D29 #299F8D #8D299F

tetradic

#9F8D29 #299F52 #293B9F #9F2976

square

#9F8D29 #299F52 #293B9F #9F2976

split-complementary

#9F8D29 #29769F #52299F

monochromatic

#3E3710 #6E621C #9F8D29 #CCB639 #D9C86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D29

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D29	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6a',
    500: '#9f8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d29;
$custom-light: #bfae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64147,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D29

secondary

#6573BF

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D29

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

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