#9F8D2B#9F8D2B

#9F8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2B
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -4.38, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 52.10, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0173 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2602, 26.5963, 6.1408)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2B #2B3D9F

analogous

#9F532B #9F8D2B #779F2B

triadic

#9F8D2B #2B9F8D #8D2B9F

tetradic

#9F8D2B #2B9F53 #2B3D9F #9F2B77

square

#9F8D2B #2B9F53 #2B3D9F #9F2B77

split-complementary

#9F8D2B #2B779F #532B9F

monochromatic

#3F3811 #6F621E #9F8D2B #CAB43D #D7C76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2B	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)

#9B891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6b',
    500: '#9f8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2b;
$custom-light: #bfae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2B

secondary

#6775BE

accent

#5FE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2B

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

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