#9F8415#9F8415

#9F8415 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8415
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -0.26, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 56.95, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0077 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.122 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6861, 23.9290, 4.1332)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8415 #15309F

analogous

#9F3F15 #9F8415 #759F15

triadic

#9F8415 #159F84 #84159F

tetradic

#9F8415 #159F3F #15309F #9F1575

square

#9F8415 #159F3F #15309F #9F1575

split-complementary

#9F8415 #15759F #3F159F

monochromatic

#332A07 #69570E #9F8415 #D5B11C #E7C848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9F8415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9F8415 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8415

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8415	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a760',
    500: '#9f8415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8415;
$custom-light: #c0a760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62082,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8415

secondary

#4861C8

accent

#5AF335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8415

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

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