#9F7E1B#9F7E1B

#9F7E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.116 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F7E1B
RGB	rgb(159, 126, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 3.26, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 53.95, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0028 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.116 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9581, 22.3733, 4.1986)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F7E1B #1B3C9F

analogous

#9F3C1B #9F7E1B #7E9F1B

triadic

#9F7E1B #1B9F7E #7E1B9F

tetradic

#9F7E1B #1B9F3C #1B3C9F #9F1B7E

square

#9F7E1B #1B9F3C #1B3C9F #9F1B7E

split-complementary

#9F7E1B #1B7E9F #3C1B9F

monochromatic

#362B09 #6B5512 #9F7E1B #D3A724 #E2BE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#9F7E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#9F7E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F7E1B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F7E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F7E1B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f7e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 126, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.116 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a361',
    500: '#9f7e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f7e1b;
$custom-light: #c0a361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f7e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F7E1B

secondary

#516EC5

accent

#67EE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F7E1B

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

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