#9F8519#9F8519

#9F8519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8519
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 25)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 84.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -0.70, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 56.09, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0086 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.121 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8624, 24.2176, 4.3898)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8519 #19339F

analogous

#9F4219 #9F8519 #769F19

triadic

#9F8519 #199F85 #85199F

tetradic

#9F8519 #199F42 #19339F #9F1976

square

#9F8519 #199F42 #19339F #9F1976

split-complementary

#9F8519 #19769F #42199F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5911 #9F8519 #D4B121 #E3C74F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F8519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9F8519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8519

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8519	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)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a862',
    500: '#9f8519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8519;
$custom-light: #c0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62315,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8519

secondary

#4E65C6

accent

#5CF038

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8519

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

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