#9F8D2D#9F8D2D

#9F8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2D
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -4.28, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 51.31, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0167 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2978, 26.6113, 6.3388)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2D #2D3F9F

analogous

#9F542D #9F8D2D #789F2D

triadic

#9F8D2D #2D9F8D #8D2D9F

tetradic

#9F8D2D #2D9F54 #2D3F9F #9F2D78

square

#9F8D2D #2D9F54 #2D3F9F #9F2D78

split-complementary

#9F8D2D #2D789F #542D9F

monochromatic

#403812 #6F6320 #9F8D2D #C9B340 #D6C670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2D

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6c',
    500: '#9f8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2d;
$custom-light: #bfae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64178,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2D

secondary

#6A77BE

accent

#60DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2D

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

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