#9F8F21#9F8F21

#9F8F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F21
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -5.91, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 56.35, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0226 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3963, 27.1268, 5.3895)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F21 #21319F

analogous

#9F5021 #9F8F21 #709F21

triadic

#9F8F21 #219F8F #8F219F

tetradic

#9F8F21 #219F50 #21319F #9F2170

square

#9F8F21 #219F50 #21319F #9F2170

split-complementary

#9F8F21 #21709F #50219F

monochromatic

#3A340C #6C6116 #9F8F21 #D2BD2C #DDCD5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9F8F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F21

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F21	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf66',
    500: '#9f8f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f21;
$custom-light: #bfaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64534,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F21

secondary

#5A67C2

accent

#55E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F21

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

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