#9F9155#9F9155

#9F9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.082 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9155
RGB	rgb(159, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -3.35, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 33.78, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0094 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.082 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0639, 28.2786, 12.6779)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9155 #55639F

analogous

#9F6C55 #9F9155 #889F55

triadic

#9F9155 #559F91 #91559F

tetradic

#9F9155 #559F6C #55639F #9F5588

square

#9F9155 #559F6C #55639F #9F5588

split-complementary

#9F9155 #55889F #6C559F

monochromatic

#4F482A #776D40 #9F9155 #B8AC7A #CDC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9F9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#9F9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9155

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9155	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.082 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb186',
    500: '#9f9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9155;
$custom-light: #bdb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65524,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9155

secondary

#959CBA

accent

#74C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9155

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

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