#9F9522#9F9522

#9F9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.129 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9522
RGB	rgb(159, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -9.10, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 57.94, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0315 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.129 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3354, 28.9824, 5.7727)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9522 #222C9F

analogous

#9F5622 #9F9522 #6A9F22

triadic

#9F9522 #229F95 #95229F

tetradic

#9F9522 #229F56 #222C9F #9F226A

square

#9F9522 #229F56 #222C9F #9F226A

split-complementary

#9F9522 #226A9F #56229F

monochromatic

#3A370C #6D6617 #9F9522 #D1C42D #DDD35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9F9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9F9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9522

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9522	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.129 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb368',
    500: '#9f9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9522;
$custom-light: #bfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65867,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9522

secondary

#5B64C1

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9522

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

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