#9F9222#9F9222

#9F9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.126 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9222
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -7.49, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 56.96, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.027 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.126 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8669, 28.0453, 5.6165)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9222 #222F9F

analogous

#9F5322 #9F9222 #6D9F22

triadic

#9F9222 #229F92 #92229F

tetradic

#9F9222 #229F53 #222F9F #9F226D

square

#9F9222 #229F53 #222F9F #9F226D

split-complementary

#9F9222 #226D9F #53229F

monochromatic

#3A350C #6D6417 #9F9222 #D1C02D #DDD05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9F9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9F9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9222

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9222	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.126 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb167',
    500: '#9f9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9222;
$custom-light: #bfb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9222

secondary

#5B66C1

accent

#51E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9222

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

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