#9F9716#9F9716

#9F9716 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9716
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -10.56, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 61.94, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0365 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5107, 29.5631, 5.1214)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9716 #161E9F

analogous

#9F5216 #9F9716 #639F16

triadic

#9F9716 #169F97 #97169F

tetradic

#9F9716 #169F52 #161E9F #9F1663

square

#9F9716 #169F52 #161E9F #9F1663

split-complementary

#9F9716 #16639F #52169F

monochromatic

#333107 #69640F #9F9716 #D5CA1D #E6DD4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9F9716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9F9716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9716

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9716	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb563',
    500: '#9f9716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9716;
$custom-light: #bfb563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9716

secondary

#4A51C7

accent

#41F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9716

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

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