#9F8E1F#9F8E1F

#9F8E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.124 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E1F
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 80.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -5.44, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 56.69, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0215 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.124 100)
XYZ	xyz(24.2196, 26.8171, 5.1965)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E1F #1F309F

analogous

#9F4E1F #9F8E1F #709F1F

triadic

#9F8E1F #1F9F8E #8E1F9F

tetradic

#9F8E1F #1F9F4E #1F309F #9F1F70

square

#9F8E1F #1F9F4E #1F309F #9F1F70

split-complementary

#9F8E1F #1F709F #4E1F9F

monochromatic

#39330B #6C6015 #9F8E1F #D2BC29 #DFCD5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9F8E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9F8E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E1F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E1F	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)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.124 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae65',
    500: '#9f8e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e1f;
$custom-light: #bfae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 67.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64303,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.26816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E1F

secondary

#5765C3

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E1F

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

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