#9F8A1C#9F8A1C

#9F8A1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.123 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A1C
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 28)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -3.36, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 56.48, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0159 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.123 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5974, 25.6330, 4.8031)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A1C #1C319F

analogous

#9F491C #9F8A1C #739F1C

triadic

#9F8A1C #1C9F8A #8A1C9F

tetradic

#9F8A1C #1C9F49 #1C319F #9F1C73

square

#9F8A1C #1C9F49 #1C319F #9F1C73

split-complementary

#9F8A1C #1C739F #491C9F

monochromatic

#37300A #6B5D13 #9F8A1C #D3B725 #E1CA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9F8A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A1C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A1C	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: #9f8a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.123 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab63',
    500: '#9f8a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a1c;
$custom-light: #c0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A1C

secondary

#5365C4

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A1C

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

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