#9F8B1B#9F8B1B

#9F8B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B1B
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -3.94, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 57.05, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0176 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7298, 25.9166, 4.7892)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B1B #1B2F9F

analogous

#9F491B #9F8B1B #719F1B

triadic

#9F8B1B #1B9F8B #8B1B9F

tetradic

#9F8B1B #1B9F49 #1B2F9F #9F1B71

square

#9F8B1B #1B9F49 #1B2F9F #9F1B71

split-complementary

#9F8B1B #1B719F #491B9F

monochromatic

#363009 #6B5D12 #9F8B1B #D3B924 #E2CC53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9F8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B1B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B1B	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac63',
    500: '#9f8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b1b;
$custom-light: #c0ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63626,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B1B

secondary

#5163C5

accent

#55EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B1B

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

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