#9F8B1C#9F8B1C

#9F8B1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B1C
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -3.91, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 56.75, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0174 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7416, 25.9213, 4.8512)
Luminance	0.2592 (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

#9F8B1C #1C309F

analogous

#9F4A1C #9F8B1C #729F1C

triadic

#9F8B1C #1C9F8B #8B1C9F

tetradic

#9F8B1C #1C9F4A #1C309F #9F1C72

square

#9F8B1C #1C9F4A #1C309F #9F1C72

split-complementary

#9F8B1C #1C729F #4A1C9F

monochromatic

#37300A #6B5E13 #9F8B1C #D3B825 #E1CC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9F8B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9F8B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B1C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B1C	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)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac64',
    500: '#9f8b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b1c;
$custom-light: #bfac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B1C

secondary

#5364C4

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B1C

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

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