#9F8E2F#9F8E2F

#9F8E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E2F
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -4.71, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 50.82, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0178 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.115 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4853, 26.9233, 6.5958)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E2F #2F409F

analogous

#9F562F #9F8E2F #789F2F

triadic

#9F8E2F #2F9F8E #8E2F9F

tetradic

#9F8E2F #2F9F56 #2F409F #9F2F78

square

#9F8E2F #2F9F56 #2F409F #9F2F78

split-complementary

#9F8E2F #2F789F #562F9F

monochromatic

#413A13 #706421 #9F8E2F #C8B444 #D6C773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9F8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9F8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E2F

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E2F	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)

#9C8A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae6d',
    500: '#9f8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e2f;
$custom-light: #bfae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64413,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E2F

secondary

#6D79BD

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E2F

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

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