#9F8922#9F8922

#9F8922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8922
RGB	rgb(159, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -2.59, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 54.26, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0131 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.119 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5337, 25.3790, 5.1721)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8922 #22389F

analogous

#9F4A22 #9F8922 #769F22

triadic

#9F8922 #229F89 #89229F

tetradic

#9F8922 #229F4A #22389F #9F2276

square

#9F8922 #229F4A #22389F #9F2276

split-complementary

#9F8922 #22769F #4A229F

monochromatic

#3A320C #6D5E17 #9F8922 #D1B42D #DDC75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9F8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9F8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8922

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8922	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9f8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8922;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63229,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8922

secondary

#5B6DC1

accent

#5EE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8922

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

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