#9F8F1E#9F8F1E

#9F8F1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F1E
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -6.02, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 57.30, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0232 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3561, 27.1108, 5.1780)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F1E #1E2E9F

analogous

#9F4F1E #9F8F1E #6F9F1E

triadic

#9F8F1E #1E9F8F #8F1E9F

tetradic

#9F8F1E #1E9F4F #1E2E9F #9F1E6F

square

#9F8F1E #1E9F4F #1E2E9F #9F1E6F

split-complementary

#9F8F1E #1E6F9F #4F1E9F

monochromatic

#38320B #6C6114 #9F8F1E #D2BD28 #DFCF58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9F8F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F1E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F1E	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)

#9D8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf65',
    500: '#9f8f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f1e;
$custom-light: #bfaf65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64518,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F1E

secondary

#5663C3

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F1E

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

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