#9F8F2B#9F8F2B

#9F8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F2B
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 73%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -5.47, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 52.75, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0204 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5577, 27.1914, 6.2400)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F2B #2B3B9F

analogous

#9F552B #9F8F2B #759F2B

triadic

#9F8F2B #2B9F8F #8F2B9F

tetradic

#9F8F2B #2B9F55 #2B3B9F #9F2B75

square

#9F8F2B #2B9F55 #2B3B9F #9F2B75

split-complementary

#9F8F2B #2B759F #552B9F

monochromatic

#3F3811 #6F641E #9F8F2B #CAB73D #D7C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9F8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9F8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F2B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf6b',
    500: '#9f8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f2b;
$custom-light: #bfaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.646,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F2B

secondary

#6773BE

accent

#5CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F2B

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

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