#9F9422#9F9422

#9F9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9422
RGB	rgb(159, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -8.57, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 57.61, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.03 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1779, 28.6673, 5.7202)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9422 #222D9F

analogous

#9F5522 #9F9422 #6B9F22

triadic

#9F9422 #229F94 #94229F

tetradic

#9F9422 #229F55 #222D9F #9F226B

square

#9F9422 #229F55 #222D9F #9F226B

split-complementary

#9F9422 #226B9F #55229F

monochromatic

#3A360C #6D6517 #9F9422 #D1C32D #DDD25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9F9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#9F9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9422

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9422	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb367',
    500: '#9f9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9422;
$custom-light: #bfb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65644,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9422

secondary

#5B64C1

accent

#4FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9422

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

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