#9F8921#9F8921

#9F8921 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8921
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -2.63, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 54.60, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0134 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5195, 25.3733, 5.0973)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8921 #21379F

analogous

#9F4A21 #9F8921 #769F21

triadic

#9F8921 #219F89 #89219F

tetradic

#9F8921 #219F4A #21379F #9F2176

square

#9F8921 #219F4A #21379F #9F2176

split-complementary

#9F8921 #21769F #4A219F

monochromatic

#3A320C #6C5D16 #9F8921 #D2B52C #DDC75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9F8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9F8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8921

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8921	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9f8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8921;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63223,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8921

secondary

#5A6CC2

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8921

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

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