#9F9B1E#9F9B1E

#9F9B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.136 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9B1E
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -12.43, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 61.20, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0411 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.136 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2549, 30.9083, 5.8109)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B1E #1E229F

analogous

#9F5B1E #9F9B1E #629F1E

triadic

#9F9B1E #1E9F9B #9B1E9F

tetradic

#9F9B1E #1E9F5B #1E229F #9F1E62

square

#9F9B1E #1E9F5B #1E229F #9F1E62

split-complementary

#9F9B1E #1E629F #5B1E9F

monochromatic

#38370B #6C6914 #9F9B1E #D2CD28 #DFDB58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9F9B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9F9B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B1E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B1E	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: #9f9b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.136 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb867',
    500: '#9f9b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b1e;
$custom-light: #bfb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B1E

secondary

#5659C3

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B1E

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

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