#9F8F29#9F8F29

#9F8F29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F29
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 74.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -5.57, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 53.51, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0208 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.119 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5219, 27.1771, 6.0514)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F29 #29399F

analogous

#9F5429 #9F8F29 #749F29

triadic

#9F8F29 #299F8F #8F299F

tetradic

#9F8F29 #299F54 #29399F #9F2974

square

#9F8F29 #299F54 #29399F #9F2974

split-complementary

#9F8F29 #29749F #54299F

monochromatic

#3E3710 #6E631C #9F8F29 #CCB839 #D9CA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9F8F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9F8F29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F29

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F29	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf6a',
    500: '#9f8f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f29;
$custom-light: #bfaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64586,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F29

secondary

#6571BF

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F29

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

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