#9F8F20#9F8F20

#9F8F20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F20
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -5.95, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 56.67, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0228 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3825, 27.1213, 5.3169)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F20 #20309F

analogous

#9F5020 #9F8F20 #6F9F20

triadic

#9F8F20 #209F8F #8F209F

tetradic

#9F8F20 #209F50 #20309F #9F206F

square

#9F8F20 #209F50 #20309F #9F206F

split-complementary

#9F8F20 #206F9F #50209F

monochromatic

#39330B #6C6116 #9F8F20 #D2BD2A #DECE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9F8F20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F20

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F20	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf66',
    500: '#9f8f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f20;
$custom-light: #bfaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F20

secondary

#5966C2

accent

#54E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F20

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

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