#9F9237#9F9237

#9F9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.112 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9237
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -6.41, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 48.78, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0216 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.112 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2676, 28.2056, 7.7270)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9237 #37449F

analogous

#9F5E37 #9F9237 #789F37

triadic

#9F9237 #379F92 #92379F

tetradic

#9F9237 #379F5E #37449F #9F3778

square

#9F9237 #379F5E #37449F #9F3778

split-complementary

#9F9237 #37789F #5E379F

monochromatic

#443E18 #726827 #9F9237 #C3B451 #D2C87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9F9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#9F9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9237

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9237	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.112 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb172',
    500: '#9f9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9237;
$custom-light: #beb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65362,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9237

secondary

#767FBC

accent

#61D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9237

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

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