#9F8D2A#9F8D2A

#9F8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2A
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -4.43, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 52.50, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0175 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2420, 26.5890, 6.0453)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2A #2A3C9F

analogous

#9F532A #9F8D2A #779F2A

triadic

#9F8D2A #2A9F8D #8D2A9F

tetradic

#9F8D2A #2A9F53 #2A3C9F #9F2A77

square

#9F8D2A #2A9F53 #2A3C9F #9F2A77

split-complementary

#9F8D2A #2A779F #532A9F

monochromatic

#3E3710 #6F621D #9F8D2A #CBB53B #D8C76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2A	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6a',
    500: '#9f8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2a;
$custom-light: #bfae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64155,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2A

secondary

#6674BF

accent

#5EE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2A

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

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