#9F9B1D#9F9B1D

#9F9B1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.137 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9B1D
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 81.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -12.46, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 61.48, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0413 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.137 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2423, 30.9033, 5.7448)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B1D #1D219F

analogous

#9F5A1D #9F9B1D #629F1D

triadic

#9F9B1D #1D9F9B #9B1D9F

tetradic

#9F9B1D #1D9F5A #1D219F #9F1D62

square

#9F9B1D #1D9F5A #1D219F #9F1D62

split-complementary

#9F9B1D #1D629F #5A1D9F

monochromatic

#37360A #6B6914 #9F9B1D #D3CD26 #E0DC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9F9B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9F9B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B1D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B1D	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.137 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb866',
    500: '#9f9b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b1d;
$custom-light: #bfb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67182,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B1D

secondary

#5458C4

accent

#41EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B1D

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

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