#9F971A#9F971A

#9F971A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.134 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F971A
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -10.44, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 60.95, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0359 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.134 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5523, 29.5797, 5.3406)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F971A #1A229F

analogous

#9F551A #9F971A #659F1A

triadic

#9F971A #1A9F97 #971A9F

tetradic

#9F971A #1A9F55 #1A229F #9F1A65

square

#9F971A #1A9F55 #1A229F #9F1A65

split-complementary

#9F971A #1A659F #551A9F

monochromatic

#363309 #6A6511 #9F971A #D4C923 #E3DA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9F971A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#9F971A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F971A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F971A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F971A	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f971a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.134 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb564',
    500: '#9f971a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f971a;
$custom-light: #bfb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f971a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F971A

secondary

#5057C5

accent

#44EF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F971A

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

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