#9F8E22#9F8E22

#9F8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8E22
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -5.33, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 55.71, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0209 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2610, 26.8336, 5.4146)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8E22 #22339F

analogous

#9F4F22 #9F8E22 #719F22

triadic

#9F8E22 #229F8E #8E229F

tetradic

#9F8E22 #229F4F #22339F #9F2271

square

#9F8E22 #229F4F #22339F #9F2271

split-complementary

#9F8E22 #22719F #4F229F

monochromatic

#3A340C #6D6117 #9F8E22 #D1BB2D #DDCC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9F8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9F8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8E22

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8E22	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae67',
    500: '#9f8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8e22;
$custom-light: #bfae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6432,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8E22

secondary

#5B69C1

accent

#57E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8E22

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

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