#9F8722#9F8722

#9F8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8722
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -1.49, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 53.71, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.01 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.118 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2521, 24.8157, 5.0782)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8722 #223A9F

analogous

#9F4822 #9F8722 #789F22

triadic

#9F8722 #229F87 #87229F

tetradic

#9F8722 #229F48 #223A9F #9F2278

square

#9F8722 #229F48 #223A9F #9F2278

split-complementary

#9F8722 #22789F #48229F

monochromatic

#3A310C #6D5C17 #9F8722 #D1B22D #DDC55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9F8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9F8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8722

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8722	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa966',
    500: '#9f8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8722;
$custom-light: #bfa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62796,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8722

secondary

#5B6FC1

accent

#60E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8722

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

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