#9F8F2A#9F8F2A

#9F8F2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F2A
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 73.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -5.52, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 53.13, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0206 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(24.5396, 27.1842, 6.1445)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F2A #2A3A9F

analogous

#9F552A #9F8F2A #759F2A

triadic

#9F8F2A #2A9F8F #8F2A9F

tetradic

#9F8F2A #2A9F55 #2A3A9F #9F2A75

square

#9F8F2A #2A9F55 #2A3A9F #9F2A75

split-complementary

#9F8F2A #2A759F #552A9F

monochromatic

#3E3810 #6F631D #9F8F2A #CBB73B #D8C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9F8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9F8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F2A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F2A	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)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf6b',
    500: '#9f8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f2a;
$custom-light: #bfaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64593,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F2A

secondary

#6672BF

accent

#5CE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F2A

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

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