#9F9922#9F9922

#9F9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.132 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9922
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -11.23, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 59.31, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0375 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.132 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9791, 30.2699, 5.9873)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9922 #22289F

analogous

#9F5A22 #9F9922 #669F22

triadic

#9F9922 #229F99 #99229F

tetradic

#9F9922 #229F5A #22289F #9F2266

square

#9F9922 #229F5A #22289F #9F2266

split-complementary

#9F9922 #22669F #5A229F

monochromatic

#3A380C #6D6817 #9F9922 #D1CA2D #DDD75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9F9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9F9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9922

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9922	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)

#A79301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb668',
    500: '#9f9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9922;
$custom-light: #bfb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66759,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9922

secondary

#5B60C1

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9922

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

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