#9F9227#9F9227

#9F9227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9227
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -7.28, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 55.23, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0259 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9443, 28.0763, 6.0244)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9227 #27349F

analogous

#9F5627 #9F9227 #709F27

triadic

#9F9227 #279F92 #92279F

tetradic

#9F9227 #279F56 #27349F #9F2770

square

#9F9227 #279F56 #27349F #9F2770

split-complementary

#9F9227 #27709F #56279F

monochromatic

#3D380F #6E651B #9F9227 #CEBD36 #DACD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9F9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9F9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9227

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9227	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	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)

#A08D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb16a',
    500: '#9f9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9227;
$custom-light: #bfb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65232,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9227

secondary

#626CC0

accent

#55E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9227

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

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