#9F8418#9F8418

#9F8418 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8418
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -0.18, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 56.14, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0072 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.12 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7156, 23.9408, 4.2886)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8418 #18339F

analogous

#9F4018 #9F8418 #769F18

triadic

#9F8418 #189F84 #84189F

tetradic

#9F8418 #189F40 #18339F #9F1876

square

#9F8418 #189F40 #18339F #9F1876

split-complementary

#9F8418 #18769F #40189F

monochromatic

#352C08 #6A5810 #9F8418 #D4B020 #E4C64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9F8418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9F8418 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8418

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8418	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)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a761',
    500: '#9f8418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8418;
$custom-light: #c0a761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62095,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8418

secondary

#4D65C6

accent

#5CF037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8418

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

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