#9F8D1B#9F8D1B

#9F8D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D1B
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -5.04, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 57.61, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0207 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0220, 26.5010, 4.8866)
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

#9F8D1B #1B2D9F

analogous

#9F4B1B #9F8D1B #6F9F1B

triadic

#9F8D1B #1B9F8D #8D1B9F

tetradic

#9F8D1B #1B9F4B #1B2D9F #9F1B6F

square

#9F8D1B #1B9F4B #1B2D9F #9F1B6F

split-complementary

#9F8D1B #1B6F9F #4B1B9F

monochromatic

#363009 #6B5F12 #9F8D1B #D3BB24 #E2CE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9F8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D1B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D1B	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: #9f8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfad63',
    500: '#9f8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d1b;
$custom-light: #bfad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64063,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D1B

secondary

#5161C5

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D1B

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

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