#9F8A22#9F8A22

#9F8A22 is a light, moderate 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	#9F8A22
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -3.14, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 54.54, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0147 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6765, 25.6647, 5.2197)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A22 #22379F

analogous

#9F4B22 #9F8A22 #759F22

triadic

#9F8A22 #229F8A #8A229F

tetradic

#9F8A22 #229F4B #22379F #9F2275

square

#9F8A22 #229F4B #22379F #9F2275

split-complementary

#9F8A22 #22759F #4B229F

monochromatic

#3A320C #6D5E17 #9F8A22 #D1B62D #DDC85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9F8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9F8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A22

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A22	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab66',
    500: '#9f8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a22;
$custom-light: #bfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A22

secondary

#5B6DC1

accent

#5CE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A22

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

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