#9F9516#9F9516

#9F9516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9516
RGB	rgb(159, 149, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -9.49, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 61.32, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0335 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1915, 28.9248, 5.0150)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9516 #16209F

analogous

#9F5016 #9F9516 #659F16

triadic

#9F9516 #169F95 #95169F

tetradic

#9F9516 #169F50 #16209F #9F1665

square

#9F9516 #169F50 #16209F #9F1665

split-complementary

#9F9516 #16659F #50169F

monochromatic

#333007 #69630F #9F9516 #D5C71D #E6DA4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9F9516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9F9516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9516

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9516	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 149, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b363',
    500: '#9f9516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9516;
$custom-light: #c0b363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6581,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9516

secondary

#4A53C7

accent

#43F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9516

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

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