#9F8619#9F8619

#9F8619 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.121 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8619
RGB	rgb(159, 134, 25)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 84.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -1.26, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 56.33, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0102 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.121 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0000, 24.4927, 4.4356)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8619 #19329F

analogous

#9F4319 #9F8619 #759F19

triadic

#9F8619 #199F86 #86199F

tetradic

#9F8619 #199F43 #19329F #9F1975

square

#9F8619 #199F43 #19329F #9F1975

split-complementary

#9F8619 #19759F #43199F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5911 #9F8619 #D4B321 #E3C84F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9F8619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9F8619 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8619

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8619	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: #9f8619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 134, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.121 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a862',
    500: '#9f8619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8619;
$custom-light: #c0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6253,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8619

secondary

#4E64C6

accent

#5AF038

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8619

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

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