#9F9224#9F9224

#9F9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9224
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 77.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -7.41, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 56.29, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0266 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8966, 28.0572, 5.7729)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9224 #24319F

analogous

#9F5524 #9F9224 #6E9F24

triadic

#9F9224 #249F92 #92249F

tetradic

#9F9224 #249F55 #24319F #9F246E

square

#9F9224 #249F55 #24319F #9F246E

split-complementary

#9F9224 #246E9F #55249F

monochromatic

#3B360D #6D6419 #9F9224 #D0BF30 #DBCF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9F9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9F9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9224

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9224	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)

#A08D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb168',
    500: '#9f9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9224;
$custom-light: #bfb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65213,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9224

secondary

#5E69C1

accent

#53E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9224

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

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