#9F851B#9F851B

#9F851B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F851B
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -0.64, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 55.50, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0083 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(22.8848, 24.2265, 4.5075)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F851B #1B359F

analogous

#9F431B #9F851B #779F1B

triadic

#9F851B #1B9F85 #851B9F

tetradic

#9F851B #1B9F43 #1B359F #9F1B77

square

#9F851B #1B9F43 #1B359F #9F1B77

split-complementary

#9F851B #1B779F #431B9F

monochromatic

#362D09 #6B5912 #9F851B #D3B124 #E2C653

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9F851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F851B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F851B	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a862',
    500: '#9f851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f851b;
$custom-light: #c0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62325,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F851B

secondary

#5168C5

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F851B

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

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