#9F9D2F#9F9D2F

#9F9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.128 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D2F
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -12.74, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 56.24, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0404 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.128 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8691, 31.6910, 7.3904)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D2F #2F319F

analogous

#9F652F #9F9D2F #699F2F

triadic

#9F9D2F #2F9F9D #9D2F9F

tetradic

#9F9D2F #2F9F65 #2F319F #9F2F69

square

#9F9D2F #2F9F65 #2F319F #9F2F69

split-complementary

#9F9D2F #2F699F #652F9F

monochromatic

#414013 #706E21 #9F9D2F #C8C544 #D6D473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9F9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9F9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D2F

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D2F	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.128 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb96f',
    500: '#9f9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d2f;
$custom-light: #bfb96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6774,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D2F

secondary

#6D6EBD

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D2F

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

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