#9F881B#9F881B

#9F881B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.122 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F881B
RGB	rgb(159, 136, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -2.30, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 56.25, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.013 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.122 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3014, 25.0597, 4.6464)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F881B #1B329F

analogous

#9F461B #9F881B #749F1B

triadic

#9F881B #1B9F88 #881B9F

tetradic

#9F881B #1B9F46 #1B329F #9F1B74

square

#9F881B #1B9F46 #1B329F #9F1B74

split-complementary

#9F881B #1B749F #461B9F

monochromatic

#362F09 #6B5B12 #9F881B #D3B524 #E2C953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#9F881B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#9F881B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F881B

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F881B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F881B	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)

#9D8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f881b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 136, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.122 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa63',
    500: '#9f881b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f881b;
$custom-light: #c0aa63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f881b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62973,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F881B

secondary

#5165C5

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F881B

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

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