#9F8117#9F8117

#9F8117 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.119 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8117
RGB	rgb(159, 129, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 1.46, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 55.76, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0026 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.119 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3044, 23.1348, 4.1011)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8117 #17359F

analogous

#9F3D17 #9F8117 #799F17

triadic

#9F8117 #179F81 #81179F

tetradic

#9F8117 #179F3D #17359F #9F1779

square

#9F8117 #179F3D #17359F #9F1779

split-complementary

#9F8117 #17799F #3D179F

monochromatic

#342A08 #6A560F #9F8117 #D4AC1F #E5C34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9F8117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9F8117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8117

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8117	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 129, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.119 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a560',
    500: '#9f8117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8117;
$custom-light: #c0a560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61448,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8117

secondary

#4B66C7

accent

#60F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8117

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

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