#9F8D1E#9F8D1E

#9F8D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D1E
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -4.93, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 56.71, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0201 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0585, 26.5156, 5.0788)
Luminance	0.2651 (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

#9F8D1E #1E309F

analogous

#9F4D1E #9F8D1E #719F1E

triadic

#9F8D1E #1E9F8D #8D1E9F

tetradic

#9F8D1E #1E9F4D #1E309F #9F1E71

square

#9F8D1E #1E9F4D #1E309F #9F1E71

split-complementary

#9F8D1E #1E719F #4D1E9F

monochromatic

#38320B #6C5F14 #9F8D1E #D2BB28 #DFCD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9F8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D1E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D1E	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)

#A09027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfad65',
    500: '#9f8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d1e;
$custom-light: #bfad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64078,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D1E

secondary

#5665C3

accent

#55EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D1E

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

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