#9F9D3A#9F9D3A

#9F9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D3A
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -12.08, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 51.75, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0374 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.12 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1197, 31.7912, 8.7099)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D3A #3A3C9F

analogous

#9F6B3A #9F9D3A #6E9F3A

triadic

#9F9D3A #3A9F9D #9D3A9F

tetradic

#9F9D3A #3A9F6B #3A3C9F #9F3A6E

square

#9F9D3A #3A9F6B #3A3C9F #9F3A6E

split-complementary

#9F9D3A #3A6E9F #6B3A9F

monochromatic

#454419 #72712A #9F9D3A #C1BF55 #D1D082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9F9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9F9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D3A

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D3A	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb975',
    500: '#9f9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d3a;
$custom-light: #beb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 46.544,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D3A

secondary

#7A7BBB

accent

#54D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D3A

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

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