#9F891B#9F891B

#9F891B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F891B
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -2.85, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 56.51, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0145 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4429, 25.3427, 4.6935)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F891B #1B319F

analogous

#9F471B #9F891B #739F1B

triadic

#9F891B #1B9F89 #891B9F

tetradic

#9F891B #1B9F47 #1B319F #9F1B73

square

#9F891B #1B9F47 #1B319F #9F1B73

split-complementary

#9F891B #1B739F #471B9F

monochromatic

#362F09 #6B5C12 #9F891B #D3B624 #E2CA53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9F891B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9F891B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F891B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F891B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F891B	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)

#9E8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f891b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab63',
    500: '#9f891b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f891b;
$custom-light: #c0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f891b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F891B

secondary

#5164C5

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F891B

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

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