#9F9622#9F9622

#9F9622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.129 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9622
RGB	rgb(159, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -9.64, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 58.28, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.033 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.129 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4943, 29.3001, 5.8257)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9622 #222B9F

analogous

#9F5722 #9F9622 #699F22

triadic

#9F9622 #229F96 #96229F

tetradic

#9F9622 #229F57 #222B9F #9F2269

square

#9F9622 #229F57 #222B9F #9F2269

split-complementary

#9F9622 #22699F #57229F

monochromatic

#3A370C #6D6617 #9F9622 #D1C62D #DDD45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9F9622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9F9622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9622

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9622	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)

#A49103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.129 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb468',
    500: '#9f9622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9622;
$custom-light: #bfb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66089,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9622

secondary

#5B63C1

accent

#4CE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9622

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

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