#9F8918#9F8918

#9F8918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.124 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8918
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -2.94, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 57.37, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.015 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.124 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.4099, 25.3295, 4.5200)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8918 #182E9F

analogous

#9F4518 #9F8918 #719F18

triadic

#9F8918 #189F89 #89189F

tetradic

#9F8918 #189F45 #182E9F #9F1871

square

#9F8918 #189F45 #182E9F #9F1871

split-complementary

#9F8918 #18719F #45189F

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5B10 #9F8918 #D4B720 #E4CC4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9F8918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9F8918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8918

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8918	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.124 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab62',
    500: '#9f8918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8918;
$custom-light: #c0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8918

secondary

#4D60C6

accent

#56F037

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8918

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

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