#9F9933#9F9933

#9F9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.122 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9933
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 67.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -10.40, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 53.10, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0334 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.122 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.2878, 30.3933, 7.6131)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9933 #33399F

analogous

#9F6333 #9F9933 #6F9F33

triadic

#9F9933 #339F99 #99339F

tetradic

#9F9933 #339F63 #33399F #9F336F

square

#9F9933 #339F63 #33399F #9F336F

split-complementary

#9F9933 #336F9F #63339F

monochromatic

#424015 #716C24 #9F9933 #C5BE4A #D4CF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9F9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9F9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9933

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9933	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.122 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb671',
    500: '#9f9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9933;
$custom-light: #beb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66877,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9933

secondary

#7176BC

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9933

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

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