#9D9F16#9D9F16

#9D9F16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.144 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9F16
RGB	rgb(157, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -15.65, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 64.61, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0505 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.144 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4486, 32.0231, 5.5468)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9F16 #18169F

analogous

#9F5C16 #9D9F16 #589F16

triadic

#9D9F16 #169D9F #9F169D

tetradic

#9D9F16 #169F5C #18169F #9F1658

square

#9D9F16 #169F5C #18169F #9F1658

split-complementary

#9D9F16 #16589F #5C169F

monochromatic

#333307 #68690F #9D9F16 #D2D51D #E4E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9D9F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9D9F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9F16

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9F16	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.144 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebb64',
    500: '#9d9f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9f16;
$custom-light: #bebb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9F16

secondary

#4B4AC7

accent

#36F238

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9F16

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

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