#9B9F16#9B9F16

#9B9F16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.144 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9F16
RGB	rgb(155, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -16.53, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 64.64, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0529 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.144 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0615, 31.8235, 5.5286)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9F16 #1A169F

analogous

#9F5E16 #9B9F16 #569F16

triadic

#9B9F16 #169B9F #9F169B

tetradic

#9B9F16 #169F5E #1A169F #9F1656

square

#9B9F16 #169F5E #1A169F #9F1656

split-complementary

#9B9F16 #16569F #5E169F

monochromatic

#323307 #67690F #9B9F16 #CFD51D #E1E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9B9F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9B9F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9F16

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9F16	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)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.144 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbb64',
    500: '#9b9f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9f16;
$custom-light: #bcbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67708,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9F16

secondary

#4D4AC7

accent

#36F23B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9F16

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

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