#9F8221#9F8221

#9F8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8221
RGB	rgb(159, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 1.24, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 52.81, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0023 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.115 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5565, 23.4474, 4.7763)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8221 #213E9F

analogous

#9F4321 #9F8221 #7D9F21

triadic

#9F8221 #219F82 #82219F

tetradic

#9F8221 #219F43 #213E9F #9F217D

square

#9F8221 #219F43 #213E9F #9F217D

split-complementary

#9F8221 #217D9F #43219F

monochromatic

#3A2F0C #6C5916 #9F8221 #D2AB2C #DDC05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9F8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#9F8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8221

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8221	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a565',
    500: '#9f8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8221;
$custom-light: #c0a565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61716,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8221

secondary

#5A72C2

accent

#66E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8221

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

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