#9F8D2E#9F8D2E

#9F8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2E
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -4.22, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 50.90, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0165 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3172, 26.6191, 6.4414)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2E #2E409F

analogous

#9F542E #9F8D2E #799F2E

triadic

#9F8D2E #2E9F8D #8D2E9F

tetradic

#9F8D2E #2E9F54 #2E409F #9F2E79

square

#9F8D2E #2E9F54 #2E409F #9F2E79

split-complementary

#9F8D2E #2E799F #542E9F

monochromatic

#403913 #706320 #9F8D2E #C8B342 #D6C671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9F8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6d',
    500: '#9f8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2e;
$custom-light: #bfae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2E

secondary

#6B78BE

accent

#61DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2E

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

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