#9F8B1E#9F8B1E

#9F8B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B1E
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -3.84, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 56.14, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0171 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.7663, 25.9312, 4.9814)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B1E #1E329F

analogous

#9F4B1E #9F8B1E #729F1E

triadic

#9F8B1E #1E9F8B #8B1E9F

tetradic

#9F8B1E #1E9F4B #1E329F #9F1E72

square

#9F8B1E #1E9F4B #1E329F #9F1E72

split-complementary

#9F8B1E #1E729F #4B1E9F

monochromatic

#38310B #6C5E14 #9F8B1E #D2B828 #DFCA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9F8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B1E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B1E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac64',
    500: '#9f8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b1e;
$custom-light: #bfac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63641,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.2593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B1E

secondary

#5667C3

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B1E

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

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