#9F9B16#9F9B16

#9F9B16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.139 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9B16
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -12.67, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 63.25, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0424 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.139 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1654, 30.8725, 5.3396)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B16 #161A9F

analogous

#9F5616 #9F9B16 #5E9F16

triadic

#9F9B16 #169F9B #9B169F

tetradic

#9F9B16 #169F56 #161A9F #9F165E

square

#9F9B16 #169F56 #161A9F #9F165E

split-complementary

#9F9B16 #165E9F #56169F

monochromatic

#333207 #69670F #9F9B16 #D5CF1D #E6E14A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9F9B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9F9B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B16

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B16	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb864',
    500: '#9f9b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b16;
$custom-light: #bfb864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67153,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B16

secondary

#4A4DC7

accent

#3BF236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B16

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

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