#9F8E2B#9F8E2B

#9F8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E2B
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -4.92, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 52.42, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0188 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4083, 26.8925, 6.1901)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E2B #2B3C9F

analogous

#9F542B #9F8E2B #769F2B

triadic

#9F8E2B #2B9F8E #8E2B9F

tetradic

#9F8E2B #2B9F54 #2B3C9F #9F2B76

square

#9F8E2B #2B9F54 #2B3C9F #9F2B76

split-complementary

#9F8E2B #2B769F #542B9F

monochromatic

#3F3811 #6F631E #9F8E2B #CAB63D #D7C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9F8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9F8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E2B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E2B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6b',
    500: '#9f8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e2b;
$custom-light: #bfae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64381,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E2B

secondary

#6774BE

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E2B

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

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