#9F9A16#9F9A16

#9F9A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.138 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9A16
RGB	rgb(159, 154, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -12.14, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 62.92, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0409 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9996, 30.5410, 5.2844)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9A16 #161B9F

analogous

#9F5516 #9F9A16 #5F9F16

triadic

#9F9A16 #169F9A #9A169F

tetradic

#9F9A16 #169F55 #161B9F #9F165F

square

#9F9A16 #169F55 #161B9F #9F165F

split-complementary

#9F9A16 #165F9F #55169F

monochromatic

#333207 #69660F #9F9A16 #D5CE1D #E6E04A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9F9A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9F9A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9A16

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9A16	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 154, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb764',
    500: '#9f9a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9a16;
$custom-light: #bfb764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9A16

secondary

#4A4EC7

accent

#3CF236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9A16

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

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