#9F871B#9F871B

#9F871B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.121 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F871B
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -1.75, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 55.99, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0114 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.121 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1612, 24.7793, 4.5997)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F871B #1B339F

analogous

#9F451B #9F871B #759F1B

triadic

#9F871B #1B9F87 #871B9F

tetradic

#9F871B #1B9F45 #1B339F #9F1B75

square

#9F871B #1B9F45 #1B339F #9F1B75

split-complementary

#9F871B #1B759F #451B9F

monochromatic

#362E09 #6B5B12 #9F871B #D3B324 #E2C853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9F871B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9F871B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F871B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F871B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F871B	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f871b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.121 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a963',
    500: '#9f871b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f871b;
$custom-light: #c0a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f871b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62756,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F871B

secondary

#5166C5

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F871B

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

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