#9F9021#9F9021

#9F9021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9021
RGB	rgb(159, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -6.45, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 56.65, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0241 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5470, 27.4284, 5.4398)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9021 #21309F

analogous

#9F5121 #9F9021 #6F9F21

triadic

#9F9021 #219F90 #90219F

tetradic

#9F9021 #219F51 #21309F #9F216F

square

#9F9021 #219F51 #21309F #9F216F

split-complementary

#9F9021 #216F9F #51219F

monochromatic

#3A340C #6C6216 #9F9021 #D2BE2C #DDCE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9F9021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9F9021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9021

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9021	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb066',
    500: '#9f9021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9021;
$custom-light: #bfb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9021

secondary

#5A66C2

accent

#53E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9021

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

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