#9F8215#9F8215

#9F8215 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.121 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8215
RGB	rgb(159, 130, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 0.85, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 56.51, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0045 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.121 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4174, 23.3918, 4.0436)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8215 #15329F

analogous

#9F3D15 #9F8215 #779F15

triadic

#9F8215 #159F82 #82159F

tetradic

#9F8215 #159F3D #15329F #9F1577

square

#9F8215 #159F3D #15329F #9F1577

split-complementary

#9F8215 #15779F #3D159F

monochromatic

#332A07 #69560E #9F8215 #D5AE1C #E7C548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#9F8215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9F8215 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8215

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8215	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99881E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 130, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.121 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a560',
    500: '#9f8215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8215;
$custom-light: #c0a560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61653,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8215

secondary

#4863C8

accent

#5DF335

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F4EA

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8215

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

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