#9F9623#9F9623

#9F9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9623
RGB	rgb(159, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -9.60, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 57.95, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0328 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5089, 29.3060, 5.9027)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9623 #232C9F

analogous

#9F5823 #9F9623 #6A9F23

triadic

#9F9623 #239F96 #96239F

tetradic

#9F9623 #239F58 #232C9F #9F236A

square

#9F9623 #239F58 #232C9F #9F236A

split-complementary

#9F9623 #236A9F #58239F

monochromatic

#3B370D #6D6718 #9F9623 #D1C52E #DCD360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9F9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9F9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9623

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9623	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)

#A49105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb468',
    500: '#9f9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9623;
$custom-light: #bfb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66095,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9623

secondary

#5D64C1

accent

#4DE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9623

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

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