#9F8F22#9F8F22

#9F8F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.123 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8F22
RGB	rgb(159, 143, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -5.87, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 56.01, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.123 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4105, 27.1325, 5.4644)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8F22 #22329F

analogous

#9F5022 #9F8F22 #709F22

triadic

#9F8F22 #229F8F #8F229F

tetradic

#9F8F22 #229F50 #22329F #9F2270

square

#9F8F22 #229F50 #22329F #9F2270

split-complementary

#9F8F22 #22709F #50229F

monochromatic

#3A340C #6D6217 #9F8F22 #D1BC2D #DDCD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9F8F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9F8F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8F22

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8F22	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)

#9D8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 143, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.123 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf67',
    500: '#9f8f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8f22;
$custom-light: #bfaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6454,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8F22

secondary

#5B68C1

accent

#56E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8F22

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

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