#9F8218#9F8218

#9F8218 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8218
RGB	rgb(159, 130, 24)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 0.93, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 55.69, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0041 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.119 92)
XYZ	xyz(22.4469, 23.4036, 4.1990)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8218 #18359F

analogous

#9F3E18 #9F8218 #789F18

triadic

#9F8218 #189F82 #82189F

tetradic

#9F8218 #189F3E #18359F #9F1878

square

#9F8218 #189F3E #18359F #9F1878

split-complementary

#9F8218 #18789F #3E189F

monochromatic

#352B08 #6A5710 #9F8218 #D4AD20 #E4C44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#9F8218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9F8218 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8218

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8218	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)

#998820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 130, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.119 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a561',
    500: '#9f8218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8218;
$custom-light: #c0a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.23402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8218

secondary

#4D67C6

accent

#5FF037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8218

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

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