#9F981A#9F981A

#9F981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F981A
RGB	rgb(159, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -10.98, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 61.28, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0374 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.135 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7139, 29.9030, 5.3945)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F981A #1A219F

analogous

#9F561A #9F981A #649F1A

triadic

#9F981A #1A9F98 #981A9F

tetradic

#9F981A #1A9F56 #1A219F #9F1A64

square

#9F981A #1A9F56 #1A219F #9F1A64

split-complementary

#9F981A #1A649F #561A9F

monochromatic

#363309 #6A6611 #9F981A #D4CA23 #E3DB51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9F981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9F981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F981A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F981A	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb665',
    500: '#9f981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f981a;
$custom-light: #bfb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66496,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F981A

secondary

#5056C5

accent

#43EF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F981A

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

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