#9F9927#9F9927

#9F9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.130 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9927
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -11.02, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 57.65, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0364 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0566, 30.3008, 6.3952)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9927 #272D9F

analogous

#9F5D27 #9F9927 #699F27

triadic

#9F9927 #279F99 #99279F

tetradic

#9F9927 #279F5D #272D9F #9F2769

square

#9F9927 #279F5D #272D9F #9F2769

split-complementary

#9F9927 #27699F #5D279F

monochromatic

#3D3A0F #6E6A1B #9F9927 #CEC636 #DAD467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9F9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9F9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9927

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9927	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A7930F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb66a',
    500: '#9f9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9927;
$custom-light: #bfb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9927

secondary

#6267C0

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9927

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

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