#9F9E18#9F9E18

#9F9E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.141 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E18
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -14.18, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 63.80, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0464 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6909, 31.8915, 5.6137)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E18 #18199F

analogous

#9F5B18 #9F9E18 #5C9F18

triadic

#9F9E18 #189F9E #9E189F

tetradic

#9F9E18 #189F5B #18199F #9F185C

square

#9F9E18 #189F5B #18199F #9F185C

split-complementary

#9F9E18 #185C9F #5B189F

monochromatic

#353408 #6A6910 #9F9E18 #D4D320 #E4E34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9F9E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9F9E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E18

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E18	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba65',
    500: '#9f9e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e18;
$custom-light: #bfba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67836,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E18

secondary

#4D4EC6

accent

#39F037

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E18

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

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