#9F971C#9F971C

#9F971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.133 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F971C
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -10.38, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 60.41, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0356 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.133 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5754, 29.5890, 5.4625)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F971C #1C249F

analogous

#9F561C #9F971C #669F1C

triadic

#9F971C #1C9F97 #971C9F

tetradic

#9F971C #1C9F56 #1C249F #9F1C66

square

#9F971C #1C9F56 #1C249F #9F1C66

split-complementary

#9F971C #1C669F #561C9F

monochromatic

#37340A #6B6613 #9F971C #D3C825 #E1D854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9F971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#9F971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F971C

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F971C	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)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.133 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb565',
    500: '#9f971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f971c;
$custom-light: #bfb565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66281,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F971C

secondary

#535AC4

accent

#46ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F971C

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

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