#9F8D21#9F8D21

#9F8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D21
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -4.82, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 55.74, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0196 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0987, 26.5317, 5.2903)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D21 #21339F

analogous

#9F4E21 #9F8D21 #729F21

triadic

#9F8D21 #219F8D #8D219F

tetradic

#9F8D21 #219F4E #21339F #9F2172

square

#9F8D21 #219F4E #21339F #9F2172

split-complementary

#9F8D21 #21729F #4E219F

monochromatic

#3A330C #6C6016 #9F8D21 #D2BA2C #DDCB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9F8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D21

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D21	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae66',
    500: '#9f8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d21;
$custom-light: #bfae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64095,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D21

secondary

#5A69C2

accent

#57E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D21

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

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