#9F9D1A#9F9D1A

#9F9D1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D1A
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -13.60, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 62.97, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0447 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5426, 31.5603, 5.6707)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D1A #1A1C9F

analogous

#9F5B1A #9F9D1A #5F9F1A

triadic

#9F9D1A #1A9F9D #9D1A9F

tetradic

#9F9D1A #1A9F5B #1A1C9F #9F1A5F

square

#9F9D1A #1A9F5B #1A1C9F #9F1A5F

split-complementary

#9F9D1A #1A5F9F #5B1A9F

monochromatic

#363509 #6A6911 #9F9D1A #D4D123 #E3E051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9F9D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#9F9D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D1A

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D1A	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb965',
    500: '#9f9d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d1a;
$custom-light: #bfb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67619,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D1A

secondary

#5051C5

accent

#3CEF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D1A

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

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