#9F9E1E#9F9E1E

#9F9E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E1E
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 81.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -14.00, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 62.26, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0455 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7603, 31.9192, 5.9794)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E1E #1E1F9F

analogous

#9F5E1E #9F9E1E #609F1E

triadic

#9F9E1E #1E9F9E #9E1E9F

tetradic

#9F9E1E #1E9F5E #1E1F9F #9F1E60

square

#9F9E1E #1E9F5E #1E1F9F #9F1E60

split-complementary

#9F9E1E #1E609F #5E1E9F

monochromatic

#38380B #6C6B14 #9F9E1E #D2D128 #DFDE58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9F9E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9F9E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E1E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E1E	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba67',
    500: '#9f9e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e1e;
$custom-light: #bfba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E1E

secondary

#5656C3

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E1E

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

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