#9F8318#9F8318

#9F8318 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8318
RGB	rgb(159, 131, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 0.38, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 55.91, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0056 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.12 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5806, 23.6709, 4.2436)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8318 #18349F

analogous

#9F4018 #9F8318 #779F18

triadic

#9F8318 #189F83 #83189F

tetradic

#9F8318 #189F40 #18349F #9F1877

square

#9F8318 #189F40 #18349F #9F1877

split-complementary

#9F8318 #18779F #40189F

monochromatic

#352B08 #6A5710 #9F8318 #D4AF20 #E4C54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9F8318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#9F8318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8318

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8318	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)

#998920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 131, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a661',
    500: '#9f8318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8318;
$custom-light: #c0a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6188,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8318

secondary

#4D66C6

accent

#5EF037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8318

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

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