#9F8618#9F8618

#9F8618 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8618
RGB	rgb(159, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -1.29, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 56.61, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0104 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.122 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9894, 24.4884, 4.3798)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8618 #18319F

analogous

#9F4218 #9F8618 #749F18

triadic

#9F8618 #189F86 #86189F

tetradic

#9F8618 #189F42 #18319F #9F1874

square

#9F8618 #189F42 #18319F #9F1874

split-complementary

#9F8618 #18749F #42189F

monochromatic

#352C08 #6A5910 #9F8618 #D4B320 #E4C84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9F8618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9F8618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8618

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8618	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)

#9C8B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a861',
    500: '#9f8618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8618;
$custom-light: #c0a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8618

secondary

#4D63C6

accent

#5AF037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8618

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

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