#9F8E2E#9F8E2E

#9F8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E2E
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -4.77, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 51.23, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.018 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.4654, 26.9154, 6.4907)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E2E #2E3F9F

analogous

#9F552E #9F8E2E #789F2E

triadic

#9F8E2E #2E9F8E #8E2E9F

tetradic

#9F8E2E #2E9F55 #2E3F9F #9F2E78

square

#9F8E2E #2E9F55 #2E3F9F #9F2E78

split-complementary

#9F8E2E #2E789F #552E9F

monochromatic

#403913 #706420 #9F8E2E #C8B442 #D6C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9F8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9F8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E2E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E2E	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6d',
    500: '#9f8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e2e;
$custom-light: #bfae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64405,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E2E

secondary

#6B78BE

accent

#60DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E2E

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

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