#9F981C#9F981C

#9F981C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.134 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F981C
RGB	rgb(159, 152, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -10.91, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 60.74, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0371 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.134 106)
XYZ	xyz(25.7370, 29.9122, 5.5163)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F981C #1C239F

analogous

#9F571C #9F981C #659F1C

triadic

#9F981C #1C9F98 #981C9F

tetradic

#9F981C #1C9F57 #1C239F #9F1C65

square

#9F981C #1C9F57 #1C239F #9F1C65

split-complementary

#9F981C #1C659F #571C9F

monochromatic

#37350A #6B6613 #9F981C #D3CA25 #E1D954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9F981C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9F981C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F981C

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F981C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F981C	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)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f981c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 152, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.134 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb665',
    500: '#9f981c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f981c;
$custom-light: #bfb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f981c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66505,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.29911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F981C

secondary

#5359C4

accent

#44ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F981C

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

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