#9F8719#9F8719

#9F8719 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.122 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8719
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 25)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 84.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -1.81, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 56.58, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0117 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.122 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1388, 24.7704, 4.4819)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8719 #19319F

analogous

#9F4419 #9F8719 #749F19

triadic

#9F8719 #199F87 #87199F

tetradic

#9F8719 #199F44 #19319F #9F1974

square

#9F8719 #199F44 #19319F #9F1974

split-complementary

#9F8719 #19749F #44199F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5A11 #9F8719 #D4B421 #E3C94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9F8719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9F8719 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8719

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8719	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)

#9C8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.122 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a962',
    500: '#9f8719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8719;
$custom-light: #c0a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8719

secondary

#4E64C6

accent

#59F038

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8719

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

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