#9F9225#9F9225

#9F9225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9225
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 76.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -7.37, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 55.94, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0263 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9120, 28.0634, 5.8545)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9225 #25329F

analogous

#9F5525 #9F9225 #6F9F25

triadic

#9F9225 #259F92 #92259F

tetradic

#9F9225 #259F55 #25329F #9F256F

square

#9F9225 #259F55 #25329F #9F256F

split-complementary

#9F9225 #256F9F #55259F

monochromatic

#3C370E #6D6419 #9F9225 #CFBF32 #DBCE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9F9225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9F9225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9225

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9225	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)

#A08D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb169',
    500: '#9f9225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9225;
$custom-light: #bfb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9225

secondary

#5F6AC0

accent

#54E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9225

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

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