#9F8F2E#9F8F2E

#9F8F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F2E
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -5.31, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 51.55, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0196 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6148, 27.2143, 6.5406)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F2E #2E3E9F

analogous

#9F562E #9F8F2E #779F2E

triadic

#9F8F2E #2E9F8F #8F2E9F

tetradic

#9F8F2E #2E9F56 #2E3E9F #9F2E77

square

#9F8F2E #2E9F56 #2E3E9F #9F2E77

split-complementary

#9F8F2E #2E779F #562E9F

monochromatic

#403A13 #706420 #9F8F2E #C8B542 #D6C871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9F8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9F8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F2E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf6d',
    500: '#9f8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f2e;
$custom-light: #bfaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64624,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F2E

secondary

#6B77BE

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F2E

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

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