#9F851C#9F851C

#9F851C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F851C
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -0.61, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 55.19, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0081 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.119 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8965, 24.2312, 4.5695)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F851C #1C369F

analogous

#9F441C #9F851C #789F1C

triadic

#9F851C #1C9F85 #851C9F

tetradic

#9F851C #1C9F44 #1C369F #9F1C78

square

#9F851C #1C9F44 #1C369F #9F1C78

split-complementary

#9F851C #1C789F #441C9F

monochromatic

#372E0A #6B5913 #9F851C #D3B125 #E1C554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F851C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9F851C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F851C

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F851C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F851C	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)

#9B8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f851c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a863',
    500: '#9f851c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f851c;
$custom-light: #c0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f851c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F851C

secondary

#5369C4

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F851C

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

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