#9F8518#9F8518

#9F8518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8518
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -0.73, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 56.37, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0088 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.121 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8518, 24.2133, 4.3340)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8518 #18329F

analogous

#9F4118 #9F8518 #759F18

triadic

#9F8518 #189F85 #85189F

tetradic

#9F8518 #189F41 #18329F #9F1875

square

#9F8518 #189F41 #18329F #9F1875

split-complementary

#9F8518 #18759F #41189F

monochromatic

#352C08 #6A5910 #9F8518 #D4B120 #E4C74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F8518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9F8518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8518

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8518	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#9B8A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a861',
    500: '#9f8518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8518;
$custom-light: #c0a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6231,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8518

secondary

#4D64C6

accent

#5BF037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8518

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

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