#9F8715#9F8715

#9F8715 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8715
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -1.92, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 57.66, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0124 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0987, 24.7544, 4.2707)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8715 #152D9F

analogous

#9F4215 #9F8715 #729F15

triadic

#9F8715 #159F87 #87159F

tetradic

#9F8715 #159F42 #152D9F #9F1572

square

#9F8715 #159F42 #152D9F #9F1572

split-complementary

#9F8715 #15729F #42159F

monochromatic

#332B07 #69590E #9F8715 #D5B51C #E7CB48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9F8715 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9F8715 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8715

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8715	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8715	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8715;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a960',
    500: '#9f8715',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8715;
$custom-light: #c0a960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8715",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8715

secondary

#485EC8

accent

#56F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8715

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

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