#9F9D2D#9F9D2D

#9F9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.130 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D2D
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 71.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -12.84, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 56.99, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0409 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.13 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8297, 31.6752, 7.1827)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D2D #2D2F9F

analogous

#9F642D #9F9D2D #689F2D

triadic

#9F9D2D #2D9F9D #9D2D9F

tetradic

#9F9D2D #2D9F64 #2D2F9F #9F2D68

square

#9F9D2D #2D9F64 #2D2F9F #9F2D68

split-complementary

#9F9D2D #2D689F #642D9F

monochromatic

#403F12 #6F6E20 #9F9D2D #C9C740 #D6D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9F9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#9F9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D2D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D2D	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.130 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb96e',
    500: '#9f9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d2d;
$custom-light: #bfb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D2D

secondary

#6A6BBE

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D2D

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

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