#9F801B#9F801B

#9F801B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F801B
RGB	rgb(159, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 2.14, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 54.36, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0004 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.117 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2164, 22.8899, 4.2847)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F801B #1B3A9F

analogous

#9F3E1B #9F801B #7C9F1B

triadic

#9F801B #1B9F80 #801B9F

tetradic

#9F801B #1B9F3E #1B3A9F #9F1B7C

square

#9F801B #1B9F3E #1B3A9F #9F1B7C

split-complementary

#9F801B #1B7C9F #3E1B9F

monochromatic

#362C09 #6B5612 #9F801B #D3AA24 #E2C053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9F801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#9F801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F801B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F801B	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a462',
    500: '#9f801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f801b;
$custom-light: #c0a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F801B

secondary

#516CC5

accent

#64EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F801B

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

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