#9F9723#9F9723

#9F9723 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 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9723
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -10.13, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 58.29, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0343 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6692, 29.6265, 5.9561)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9723 #232B9F

analogous

#9F5923 #9F9723 #699F23

triadic

#9F9723 #239F97 #97239F

tetradic

#9F9723 #239F59 #232B9F #9F2369

square

#9F9723 #239F59 #232B9F #9F2369

split-complementary

#9F9723 #23699F #59239F

monochromatic

#3B380D #6D6718 #9F9723 #D1C72E #DCD460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9F9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9F9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9723

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9723	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb568',
    500: '#9f9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9723;
$custom-light: #bfb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66318,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9723

secondary

#5D63C1

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9723

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

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