#9F8D2C#9F8D2C

#9F8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.116 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2C
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -4.33, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 51.71, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.017 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.116 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2787, 26.6037, 6.2386)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2C #2C3E9F

analogous

#9F542C #9F8D2C #779F2C

triadic

#9F8D2C #2C9F8D #8D2C9F

tetradic

#9F8D2C #2C9F54 #2C3E9F #9F2C77

square

#9F8D2C #2C9F54 #2C3E9F #9F2C77

split-complementary

#9F8D2C #2C779F #542C9F

monochromatic

#3F3811 #6F621F #9F8D2C #CAB43E #D7C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.116 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6c',
    500: '#9f8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2c;
$custom-light: #bfae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6417,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2C

secondary

#6976BE

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2C

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

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