#9F8E25#9F8E25

#9F8E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E25
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 76.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -5.20, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.67, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0202 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3062, 26.8517, 5.6525)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E25 #25369F

analogous

#9F5125 #9F8E25 #739F25

triadic

#9F8E25 #259F8E #8E259F

tetradic

#9F8E25 #259F51 #25369F #9F2573

square

#9F8E25 #259F51 #25369F #9F2573

split-complementary

#9F8E25 #25739F #51259F

monochromatic

#3C350E #6D6219 #9F8E25 #CFB932 #DBCA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9F8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9F8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E25

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E25	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae68',
    500: '#9f8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e25;
$custom-light: #bfae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E25

secondary

#5F6DC0

accent

#59E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E25

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

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