#9F9822#9F9822

#9F9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9822
RGB	rgb(159, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -10.70, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 58.96, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.036 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8161, 29.9439, 5.9329)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9822 #22299F

analogous

#9F5922 #9F9822 #679F22

triadic

#9F9822 #229F98 #98229F

tetradic

#9F9822 #229F59 #22299F #9F2267

square

#9F9822 #229F59 #22299F #9F2267

split-complementary

#9F9822 #22679F #59229F

monochromatic

#3A380C #6D6817 #9F9822 #D1C82D #DDD65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9F9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9F9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9822

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9822	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb668',
    500: '#9f9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9822;
$custom-light: #bfb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66535,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9822

secondary

#5B61C1

accent

#49E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9822

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

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