#9F9823#9F9823

#9F9823 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	#9F9823
RGB	rgb(159, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -10.66, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 58.64, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0358 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8308, 29.9497, 6.0100)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9823 #232A9F

analogous

#9F5A23 #9F9823 #689F23

triadic

#9F9823 #239F98 #98239F

tetradic

#9F9823 #239F5A #232A9F #9F2368

square

#9F9823 #239F5A #232A9F #9F2368

split-complementary

#9F9823 #23689F #5A239F

monochromatic

#3B380D #6D6818 #9F9823 #D1C82E #DCD560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9F9823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9F9823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9823

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9823	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)

#A69204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb668',
    500: '#9f9823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9823;
$custom-light: #bfb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66541,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9823

secondary

#5D62C1

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9823

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

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