#9F8D33#9F8D33

#9F8D33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D33
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -3.94, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 48.80, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0151 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.111 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4216, 26.6609, 6.9910)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D33 #33459F

analogous

#9F5733 #9F8D33 #7B9F33

triadic

#9F8D33 #339F8D #8D339F

tetradic

#9F8D33 #339F57 #33459F #9F337B

square

#9F8D33 #339F57 #33459F #9F337B

split-complementary

#9F8D33 #337B9F #57339F

monochromatic

#423B15 #716424 #9F8D33 #C5B14A #D4C579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9F8D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9F8D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D33

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D33	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)

#9B8A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae70',
    500: '#9f8d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d33;
$custom-light: #beae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64229,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D33

secondary

#717EBC

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D33

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

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