#9F8515#9F8515

#9F8515 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8515
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -0.82, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 57.18, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0093 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.122 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8223, 24.2015, 4.1786)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8515 #152F9F

analogous

#9F4015 #9F8515 #749F15

triadic

#9F8515 #159F85 #85159F

tetradic

#9F8515 #159F40 #152F9F #9F1574

square

#9F8515 #159F40 #152F9F #9F1574

split-complementary

#9F8515 #15749F #40159F

monochromatic

#332B07 #69580E #9F8515 #D5B21C #E7C948

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9F8515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9F8515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8515

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8515	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a860',
    500: '#9f8515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8515;
$custom-light: #c0a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62297,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8515

secondary

#4860C8

accent

#58F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8515

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

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