#9F8E1B#9F8E1B

#9F8E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E1B
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -5.58, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 57.90, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0222 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1701, 26.7973, 4.9360)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E1B #1B2C9F

analogous

#9F4C1B #9F8E1B #6E9F1B

triadic

#9F8E1B #1B9F8E #8E1B9F

tetradic

#9F8E1B #1B9F4C #1B2C9F #9F1B6E

square

#9F8E1B #1B9F4C #1B2C9F #9F1B6E

split-complementary

#9F8E1B #1B6E9F #4C1B9F

monochromatic

#363109 #6B5F12 #9F8E1B #D3BD24 #E2CF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9F8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9F8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E1B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E1B	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae64',
    500: '#9f8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e1b;
$custom-light: #bfae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64283,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E1B

secondary

#5160C5

accent

#51EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E1B

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

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