#9F8615#9F8615

#9F8615 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.123 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8615
RGB	rgb(159, 134, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -1.37, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 57.42, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0108 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9599, 24.4766, 4.2245)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8615 #152E9F

analogous

#9F4115 #9F8615 #739F15

triadic

#9F8615 #159F86 #86159F

tetradic

#9F8615 #159F41 #152E9F #9F1573

square

#9F8615 #159F41 #152E9F #9F1573

split-complementary

#9F8615 #15739F #41159F

monochromatic

#332B07 #69580E #9F8615 #D5B41C #E7CA48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9F8615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9F8615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8615

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8615	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 134, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a860',
    500: '#9f8615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8615;
$custom-light: #c0a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62513,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8615

secondary

#485FC8

accent

#57F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8615

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

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