#9F8A1B#9F8A1B

#9F8A1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A1B
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -3.40, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 56.78, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0161 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5857, 25.6283, 4.7411)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A1B #1B309F

analogous

#9F481B #9F8A1B #729F1B

triadic

#9F8A1B #1B9F8A #8A1B9F

tetradic

#9F8A1B #1B9F48 #1B309F #9F1B72

square

#9F8A1B #1B9F48 #1B309F #9F1B72

split-complementary

#9F8A1B #1B729F #481B9F

monochromatic

#362F09 #6B5D12 #9F8A1B #D3B724 #E2CB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9F8A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A1B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A1B	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab63',
    500: '#9f8a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a1b;
$custom-light: #c0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A1B

secondary

#5164C5

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A1B

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

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