#9F8015#9F8015

#9F8015 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8015
RGB	rgb(159, 128, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 1.96, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 56.09, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0014 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.119 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1540, 22.8649, 3.9558)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8015 #15349F

analogous

#9F3B15 #9F8015 #799F15

triadic

#9F8015 #159F80 #80159F

tetradic

#9F8015 #159F3B #15349F #9F1579

square

#9F8015 #159F3B #15349F #9F1579

split-complementary

#9F8015 #15799F #3B159F

monochromatic

#332907 #69540E #9F8015 #D5AC1C #E7C348

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9F8015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#9F8015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8015

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8015	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97871D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 128, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a45f',
    500: '#9f8015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8015;
$custom-light: #c0a45f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61227,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8015

secondary

#4865C8

accent

#5FF335

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8015

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

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