#9F8315#9F8315

#9F8315 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.121 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8315
RGB	rgb(159, 131, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 0.29, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 56.73, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0061 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.121 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5511, 23.6591, 4.0882)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8315 #15319F

analogous

#9F3E15 #9F8315 #769F15

triadic

#9F8315 #159F83 #83159F

tetradic

#9F8315 #159F3E #15319F #9F1576

square

#9F8315 #159F3E #15319F #9F1576

split-complementary

#9F8315 #15769F #3E159F

monochromatic

#332A07 #69560E #9F8315 #D5B01C #E7C648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9F8315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#9F8315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8315

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8315	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A891E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 131, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.121 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a660',
    500: '#9f8315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8315;
$custom-light: #c0a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8315

secondary

#4862C8

accent

#5BF335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8315

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

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