#9F9722#9F9722

#9F9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9722
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -10.17, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 58.62, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0345 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6545, 29.6206, 5.8791)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9722 #222A9F

analogous

#9F5822 #9F9722 #689F22

triadic

#9F9722 #229F97 #97229F

tetradic

#9F9722 #229F58 #222A9F #9F2268

square

#9F9722 #229F58 #222A9F #9F2268

split-complementary

#9F9722 #22689F #58229F

monochromatic

#3A370C #6D6717 #9F9722 #D1C72D #DDD55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9F9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#9F9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9722

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9722	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb568',
    500: '#9f9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9722;
$custom-light: #bfb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66312,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9722

secondary

#5B62C1

accent

#4BE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9722

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

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