#9F8818#9F8818

#9F8818 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8818
RGB	rgb(159, 136, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -2.39, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 57.11, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0135 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2684, 25.0465, 4.4729)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8818 #182F9F

analogous

#9F4418 #9F8818 #729F18

triadic

#9F8818 #189F88 #88189F

tetradic

#9F8818 #189F44 #182F9F #9F1872

square

#9F8818 #189F44 #182F9F #9F1872

split-complementary

#9F8818 #18729F #44189F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5B10 #9F8818 #D4B520 #E4CA4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#9F8818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#9F8818 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8818

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8818	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	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)

#9D8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 136, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa62',
    500: '#9f8818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8818;
$custom-light: #c0aa62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62959,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8818

secondary

#4D61C6

accent

#57F037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8818

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

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