#9F8022#9F8022

#9F8022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.113 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8022
RGB	rgb(159, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 2.40, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 51.99, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.0011 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.113 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3073, 22.9262, 4.7633)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8022 #22419F

analogous

#9F4122 #9F8022 #7F9F22

triadic

#9F8022 #229F80 #80229F

tetradic

#9F8022 #229F41 #22419F #9F227F

square

#9F8022 #229F41 #22419F #9F227F

split-complementary

#9F8022 #227F9F #41229F

monochromatic

#3A2F0C #6D5717 #9F8022 #D1A92D #DDBD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#9F8022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#9F8022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8022

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8022	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.113 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a465',
    500: '#9f8022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8022;
$custom-light: #c0a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61297,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8022

secondary

#5B75C1

accent

#6AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8022

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

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