#9F9538#9F9538

#9F9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.114 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9538
RGB	rgb(159, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -7.96, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 49.45, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.0259 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.114 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7603, 29.1523, 8.0107)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9538 #38429F

analogous

#9F6238 #9F9538 #759F38

triadic

#9F9538 #389F95 #95389F

tetradic

#9F9538 #389F62 #38429F #9F3875

square

#9F9538 #389F62 #38429F #9F3875

split-complementary

#9F9538 #38759F #62389F

monochromatic

#444018 #726B28 #9F9538 #C2B752 #D2CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9F9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9F9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9538

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9538	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.114 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb373',
    500: '#9f9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9538;
$custom-light: #beb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.175,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66033,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9538

secondary

#777EBB

accent

#5DD750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9538

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

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