#9F8E26#9F8E26

#9F8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E26
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 76.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -5.16, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.31, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.02 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3221, 26.8581, 5.7363)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E26 #26379F

analogous

#9F5126 #9F8E26 #739F26

triadic

#9F8E26 #269F8E #8E269F

tetradic

#9F8E26 #269F51 #26379F #9F2673

square

#9F8E26 #269F51 #26379F #9F2673

split-complementary

#9F8E26 #26739F #51269F

monochromatic

#3C360E #6E621A #9F8E26 #CEB934 #DACA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9F8E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9F8E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E26

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E26	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)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae69',
    500: '#9f8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e26;
$custom-light: #bfae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64345,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E26

secondary

#616EC0

accent

#5AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E26

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

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