#9F8718#9F8718

#9F8718 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8718
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -1.84, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 56.86, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0119 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1282, 24.7662, 4.4261)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8718 #18309F

analogous

#9F4318 #9F8718 #739F18

triadic

#9F8718 #189F87 #87189F

tetradic

#9F8718 #189F43 #18309F #9F1873

square

#9F8718 #189F43 #18309F #9F1873

split-complementary

#9F8718 #18739F #43189F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5A10 #9F8718 #D4B420 #E4C94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9F8718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9F8718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8718

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8718	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)

#9C8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a961',
    500: '#9f8718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8718;
$custom-light: #c0a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8718

secondary

#4D62C6

accent

#58F037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8718

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

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