#9F8322#9F8322

#9F8322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8322
RGB	rgb(159, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 0.73, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 52.69, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0037 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.115 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7044, 23.7204, 4.8957)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8322 #223E9F

analogous

#9F4422 #9F8322 #7C9F22

triadic

#9F8322 #229F83 #83229F

tetradic

#9F8322 #229F44 #223E9F #9F227C

square

#9F8322 #229F44 #223E9F #9F227C

split-complementary

#9F8322 #227C9F #44229F

monochromatic

#3A300C #6D5917 #9F8322 #D1AD2D #DDC05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9F8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9F8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8322

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8322	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa665',
    500: '#9f8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8322;
$custom-light: #bfa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61936,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8322

secondary

#5B72C1

accent

#66E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8322

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

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