#9F9D1E#9F9D1E

#9F9D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D1E
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -13.48, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 61.90, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.044 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.138 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5905, 31.5795, 5.9228)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D1E #1E209F

analogous

#9F5D1E #9F9D1E #609F1E

triadic

#9F9D1E #1E9F9D #9D1E9F

tetradic

#9F9D1E #1E9F5D #1E209F #9F1E60

square

#9F9D1E #1E9F5D #1E209F #9F1E60

split-complementary

#9F9D1E #1E609F #5D1E9F

monochromatic

#38370B #6C6A14 #9F9D1E #D2D028 #DFDD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9F9D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9F9D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D1E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D1E	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.138 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb967',
    500: '#9f9d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d1e;
$custom-light: #bfb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67637,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D1E

secondary

#5657C3

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D1E

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

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