#9F8815#9F8815

#9F8815 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.124 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8815
RGB	rgb(159, 136, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 86.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -2.47, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 57.90, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0139 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.124 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2389, 25.0347, 4.3175)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8815 #152C9F

analogous

#9F4315 #9F8815 #719F15

triadic

#9F8815 #159F88 #88159F

tetradic

#9F8815 #159F43 #152C9F #9F1571

square

#9F8815 #159F43 #152C9F #9F1571

split-complementary

#9F8815 #15719F #43159F

monochromatic

#332C07 #695A0E #9F8815 #D5B61C #E7CC48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9F8815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#9F8815 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8815

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8815	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 136, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.124 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa60',
    500: '#9f8815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8815;
$custom-light: #c0aa60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8815

secondary

#485DC8

accent

#54F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8815

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

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