#9F8D24#9F8D24

#9F8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D24
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 77.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -4.70, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 54.72, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0189 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.1426, 26.5493, 5.5216)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D24 #24369F

analogous

#9F5024 #9F8D24 #739F24

triadic

#9F8D24 #249F8D #8D249F

tetradic

#9F8D24 #249F50 #24369F #9F2473

square

#9F8D24 #249F50 #24369F #9F2473

split-complementary

#9F8D24 #24739F #50249F

monochromatic

#3B340D #6D6119 #9F8D24 #D0B930 #DBCA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9F8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D24

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D24	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae67',
    500: '#9f8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d24;
$custom-light: #bfae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64113,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.26548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D24

secondary

#5E6DC1

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D24

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

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