#9F8B22#9F8B22

#9F8B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8B22
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -3.69, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 54.82, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0163 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8207, 25.9529, 5.2678)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8B22 #22369F

analogous

#9F4C22 #9F8B22 #749F22

triadic

#9F8B22 #229F8B #8B229F

tetradic

#9F8B22 #229F4C #22369F #9F2274

square

#9F8B22 #229F4C #22369F #9F2274

split-complementary

#9F8B22 #22749F #4C229F

monochromatic

#3A330C #6D5F17 #9F8B22 #D1B72D #DDC95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9F8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9F8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8B22

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8B22	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)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac66',
    500: '#9f8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8b22;
$custom-light: #bfac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8B22

secondary

#5B6CC1

accent

#5BE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8B22

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

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