#9F9923#9F9923

#9F9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9923
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -11.19, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 58.99, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0373 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9938, 30.2757, 6.0643)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9923 #23299F

analogous

#9F5B23 #9F9923 #679F23

triadic

#9F9923 #239F99 #99239F

tetradic

#9F9923 #239F5B #23299F #9F2367

square

#9F9923 #239F5B #23299F #9F2367

split-complementary

#9F9923 #23679F #5B239F

monochromatic

#3B380D #6D6918 #9F9923 #D1C92E #DCD660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9F9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9F9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9923

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9923	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb668',
    500: '#9f9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9923;
$custom-light: #bfb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9923

secondary

#5D62C1

accent

#49E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9923

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

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