#9F9B1A#9F9B1A

#9F9B1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9B1A
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 26)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -12.56, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 62.28, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0418 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2070, 30.8891, 5.5588)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B1A #1A1E9F

analogous

#9F591A #9F9B1A #619F1A

triadic

#9F9B1A #1A9F9B #9B1A9F

tetradic

#9F9B1A #1A9F59 #1A1E9F #9F1A61

square

#9F9B1A #1A9F59 #1A1E9F #9F1A61

split-complementary

#9F9B1A #1A619F #591A9F

monochromatic

#363409 #6A6811 #9F9B1A #D4CE23 #E3DE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9F9B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9F9B1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B1A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B1A	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb865',
    500: '#9f9b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b1a;
$custom-light: #bfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B1A

secondary

#5053C5

accent

#3FEF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B1A

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

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