#9F8D2F#9F8D2F

#9F8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.114 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D2F
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -4.17, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 50.49, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0162 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.114 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3372, 26.6271, 6.5464)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D2F #2F419F

analogous

#9F552F #9F8D2F #799F2F

triadic

#9F8D2F #2F9F8D #8D2F9F

tetradic

#9F8D2F #2F9F55 #2F419F #9F2F79

square

#9F8D2F #2F9F55 #2F419F #9F2F79

split-complementary

#9F8D2F #2F799F #552F9F

monochromatic

#413913 #706321 #9F8D2F #C8B244 #D6C673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9F8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D2F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D2F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.114 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6d',
    500: '#9f8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d2f;
$custom-light: #bfae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D2F

secondary

#6D79BD

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D2F

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

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