#9F9229#9F9229

#9F9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9229
RGB	rgb(159, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 74.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -7.19, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 54.50, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0254 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(24.9783, 28.0899, 6.2036)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9229 #29369F

analogous

#9F5729 #9F9229 #719F29

triadic

#9F9229 #299F92 #92299F

tetradic

#9F9229 #299F57 #29369F #9F2971

square

#9F9229 #299F57 #29369F #9F2971

split-complementary

#9F9229 #29719F #57299F

monochromatic

#3E3910 #6E651C #9F9229 #CCBC39 #D9CC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9F9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#9F9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9229

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9229	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb16b',
    500: '#9f9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9229;
$custom-light: #bfb16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65246,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.28089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9229

secondary

#656FBF

accent

#57E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9229

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

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