#9F9E1A#9F9E1A

#9F9E1A 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	#9F9E1A
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -14.13, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 63.31, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0461 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7125, 31.9001, 5.7273)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E1A #1A1B9F

analogous

#9F5C1A #9F9E1A #5E9F1A

triadic

#9F9E1A #1A9F9E #9E1A9F

tetradic

#9F9E1A #1A9F5C #1A1B9F #9F1A5E

square

#9F9E1A #1A9F5C #1A1B9F #9F1A5E

split-complementary

#9F9E1A #1A5E9F #5C1A9F

monochromatic

#363509 #6A6A11 #9F9E1A #D4D223 #E3E151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9F9E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9F9E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E1A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E1A	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)

#AD9B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba66',
    500: '#9f9e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e1a;
$custom-light: #bfba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E1A

secondary

#5051C5

accent

#3BEF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E1A

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

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