#9F9537#9F9537

#9F9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.115 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9537
RGB	rgb(159, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 65.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -8.02, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 49.89, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0262 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.115 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7361, 29.1427, 7.8831)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9537 #37419F

analogous

#9F6137 #9F9537 #759F37

triadic

#9F9537 #379F95 #95379F

tetradic

#9F9537 #379F61 #37419F #9F3775

square

#9F9537 #379F61 #37419F #9F3775

split-complementary

#9F9537 #37759F #61379F

monochromatic

#444018 #726A27 #9F9537 #C3B851 #D2CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9F9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9F9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9537

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9537	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.115 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb373',
    500: '#9f9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9537;
$custom-light: #beb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66024,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9537

secondary

#767DBC

accent

#5DD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9537

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

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