#9F9C1A#9F9C1A

#9F9C1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9C1A
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -13.08, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 62.62, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0432 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3741, 31.2234, 5.6145)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9C1A #1A1D9F

analogous

#9F5A1A #9F9C1A #609F1A

triadic

#9F9C1A #1A9F9C #9C1A9F

tetradic

#9F9C1A #1A9F5A #1A1D9F #9F1A60

square

#9F9C1A #1A9F5A #1A1D9F #9F1A60

split-complementary

#9F9C1A #1A609F #5A1A9F

monochromatic

#363509 #6A6811 #9F9C1A #D4D023 #E3DF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F9C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9F9C1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9C1A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9C1A	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb865',
    500: '#9f9c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9c1a;
$custom-light: #bfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67394,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9C1A

secondary

#5052C5

accent

#3DEF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9C1A

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

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