#9F8622#9F8622

#9F8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8622
RGB	rgb(159, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -0.94, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 53.45, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0084 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.117 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1132, 24.5380, 5.0320)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8622 #223B9F

analogous

#9F4722 #9F8622 #799F22

triadic

#9F8622 #229F86 #86229F

tetradic

#9F8622 #229F47 #223B9F #9F2279

square

#9F8622 #229F47 #223B9F #9F2279

split-complementary

#9F8622 #22799F #47229F

monochromatic

#3A310C #6D5C17 #9F8622 #D1B02D #DDC45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9F8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9F8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8622

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8622	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa866',
    500: '#9f8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8622;
$custom-light: #bfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6258,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8622

secondary

#5B70C1

accent

#62E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8622

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

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