#9F841B#9F841B

#9F841B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F841B
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -0.09, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 55.26, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0067 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.119 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7485, 23.9540, 4.4621)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F841B #1B369F

analogous

#9F421B #9F841B #789F1B

triadic

#9F841B #1B9F84 #841B9F

tetradic

#9F841B #1B9F42 #1B369F #9F1B78

square

#9F841B #1B9F42 #1B369F #9F1B78

split-complementary

#9F841B #1B789F #421B9F

monochromatic

#362D09 #6B5912 #9F841B #D3AF24 #E2C453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9F841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9F841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F841B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F841B	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)

#9A8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a762',
    500: '#9f841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f841b;
$custom-light: #c0a762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F841B

secondary

#5169C5

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F841B

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

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