#9F8F1F#9F8F1F

#9F8F1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F1F
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -5.99, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 56.99, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.023 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3691, 27.1160, 5.2464)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F1F #1F2F9F

analogous

#9F4F1F #9F8F1F #6F9F1F

triadic

#9F8F1F #1F9F8F #8F1F9F

tetradic

#9F8F1F #1F9F4F #1F2F9F #9F1F6F

square

#9F8F1F #1F9F4F #1F2F9F #9F1F6F

split-complementary

#9F8F1F #1F6F9F #4F1F9F

monochromatic

#39330B #6C6115 #9F8F1F #D2BD29 #DFCE5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9F8F1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F1F

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F1F	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)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf65',
    500: '#9f8f1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f1f;
$custom-light: #bfaf65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 67.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64523,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F1F

secondary

#5765C3

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F1F

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

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