#9F9C1E#9F9C1E

#9F9C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.137 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9C1E
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -12.95, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 61.55, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0426 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.137 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4220, 31.2425, 5.8667)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9C1E #1E219F

analogous

#9F5C1E #9F9C1E #619F1E

triadic

#9F9C1E #1E9F9C #9C1E9F

tetradic

#9F9C1E #1E9F5C #1E219F #9F1E61

square

#9F9C1E #1E9F5C #1E219F #9F1E61

split-complementary

#9F9C1E #1E619F #5C1E9F

monochromatic

#38370B #6C6914 #9F9C1E #D2CF28 #DFDC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F9C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9F9C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9C1E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9C1E	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.137 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb867',
    500: '#9f9c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9c1e;
$custom-light: #bfb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67411,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9C1E

secondary

#5658C3

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9C1E

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

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