#9F8D1A#9F8D1A

#9F8D1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D1A
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 26)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -5.07, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 57.90, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0208 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0107, 26.4965, 4.8267)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D1A #1A2C9F

analogous

#9F4B1A #9F8D1A #6F9F1A

triadic

#9F8D1A #1A9F8D #8D1A9F

tetradic

#9F8D1A #1A9F4B #1A2C9F #9F1A6F

square

#9F8D1A #1A9F4B #1A2C9F #9F1A6F

split-complementary

#9F8D1A #1A6F9F #4B1A9F

monochromatic

#363009 #6A5E11 #9F8D1A #D4BC23 #E3CF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9F8D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D1A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D1A	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A18F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ad63',
    500: '#9f8d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d1a;
$custom-light: #c0ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D1A

secondary

#5060C5

accent

#52EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D1A

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

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