#9F9620#9F9620

#9F9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.130 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9620
RGB	rgb(159, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -9.71, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 58.91, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0334 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.13 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4663, 29.2889, 5.6781)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9620 #20299F

analogous

#9F5620 #9F9620 #699F20

triadic

#9F9620 #209F96 #96209F

tetradic

#9F9620 #209F56 #20299F #9F2069

square

#9F9620 #209F56 #20299F #9F2069

split-complementary

#9F9620 #20699F #56209F

monochromatic

#39360B #6C6616 #9F9620 #D2C62A #DED55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9F9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9F9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9620

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9620	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.130 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb467',
    500: '#9f9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9620;
$custom-light: #bfb467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66078,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9620

secondary

#5960C2

accent

#4BE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9620

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

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