#9F9023#9F9023

#9F9023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9023
RGB	rgb(159, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -6.37, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 55.99, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0237 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5759, 27.4399, 5.5917)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9023 #23329F

analogous

#9F5223 #9F9023 #709F23

triadic

#9F9023 #239F90 #90239F

tetradic

#9F9023 #239F52 #23329F #9F2370

square

#9F9023 #239F52 #23329F #9F2370

split-complementary

#9F9023 #23709F #52239F

monochromatic

#3B350D #6D6318 #9F9023 #D1BD2E #DCCD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9F9023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9F9023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9023

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9023	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)

#9E8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb067',
    500: '#9f9023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9023;
$custom-light: #bfb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64766,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9023

secondary

#5D69C1

accent

#55E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9023

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

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