#9F8F1A#9F8F1A

#9F8F1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F1A
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -6.15, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 58.47, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0239 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3082, 27.0916, 4.9259)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F1A #1A2A9F

analogous

#9F4D1A #9F8F1A #6D9F1A

triadic

#9F8F1A #1A9F8F #8F1A9F

tetradic

#9F8F1A #1A9F4D #1A2A9F #9F1A6D

square

#9F8F1A #1A9F4D #1A2A9F #9F1A6D

split-complementary

#9F8F1A #1A6D9F #4D1A9F

monochromatic

#363009 #6A6011 #9F8F1A #D4BE23 #E3D151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9F8F1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F1A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F1A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf63',
    500: '#9f8f1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f1a;
$custom-light: #bfaf63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64498,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F1A

secondary

#505EC5

accent

#4FEF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F1A

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

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