#9F8522#9F8522

#9F8522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8522
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -0.39, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 53.19, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0069 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9756, 24.2628, 4.9861)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8522 #223C9F

analogous

#9F4622 #9F8522 #7A9F22

triadic

#9F8522 #229F85 #85229F

tetradic

#9F8522 #229F46 #223C9F #9F227A

square

#9F8522 #229F46 #223C9F #9F227A

split-complementary

#9F8522 #227A9F #46229F

monochromatic

#3A310C #6D5B17 #9F8522 #D1AF2D #DDC35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9F8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8522

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8522	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9f8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8522;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62365,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8522

secondary

#5B71C1

accent

#63E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8522

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

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