#9F8A21#9F8A21

#9F8A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A21
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -3.18, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 54.88, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0149 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6623, 25.6590, 5.1449)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A21 #21369F

analogous

#9F4B21 #9F8A21 #759F21

triadic

#9F8A21 #219F8A #8A219F

tetradic

#9F8A21 #219F4B #21369F #9F2175

square

#9F8A21 #219F4B #21369F #9F2175

split-complementary

#9F8A21 #21759F #4B219F

monochromatic

#3A320C #6C5E16 #9F8A21 #D2B62C #DDC85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A21

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A21	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9f8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a21;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A21

secondary

#5A6BC2

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A21

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

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