#9F8D22#9F8D22

#9F8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8D22
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -4.78, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 55.41, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0193 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1129, 26.5374, 5.3652)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8D22 #22349F

analogous

#9F4E22 #9F8D22 #729F22

triadic

#9F8D22 #229F8D #8D229F

tetradic

#9F8D22 #229F4E #22349F #9F2272

square

#9F8D22 #229F4E #22349F #9F2272

split-complementary

#9F8D22 #22729F #4E229F

monochromatic

#3A340C #6D6017 #9F8D22 #D1BA2D #DDCB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9F8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9F8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8D22

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8D22	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)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae66',
    500: '#9f8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8d22;
$custom-light: #bfae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64101,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8D22

secondary

#5B6AC1

accent

#58E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8D22

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

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