#9F8B21#9F8B21

#9F8B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B21
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -3.73, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 55.16, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0165 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8065, 25.9472, 5.1929)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B21 #21359F

analogous

#9F4C21 #9F8B21 #749F21

triadic

#9F8B21 #219F8B #8B219F

tetradic

#9F8B21 #219F4C #21359F #9F2174

square

#9F8B21 #219F4C #21359F #9F2174

split-complementary

#9F8B21 #21749F #4C219F

monochromatic

#3A320C #6C5F16 #9F8B21 #D2B72C #DDC95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9F8B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B21

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B21	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac66',
    500: '#9f8b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b21;
$custom-light: #bfac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B21

secondary

#5A6AC2

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B21

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

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