#9F9921#9F9921

#9F9921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.133 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9921
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -11.27, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 59.62, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0377 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9649, 30.2642, 5.9124)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9921 #21279F

analogous

#9F5A21 #9F9921 #669F21

triadic

#9F9921 #219F99 #99219F

tetradic

#9F9921 #219F5A #21279F #9F2166

square

#9F9921 #219F5A #21279F #9F2166

split-complementary

#9F9921 #21669F #5A219F

monochromatic

#3A370C #6C6816 #9F9921 #D2CA2C #DDD75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9F9921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9F9921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9921

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9921	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb668',
    500: '#9f9921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9921;
$custom-light: #bfb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66753,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9921

secondary

#5A5FC2

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9921

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

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