#9F9B22#9F9B22

#9F9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.134 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9B22
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -12.28, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 60.01, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0404 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.134 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3092, 30.9300, 6.0973)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B22 #22269F

analogous

#9F5C22 #9F9B22 #649F22

triadic

#9F9B22 #229F9B #9B229F

tetradic

#9F9B22 #229F5C #22269F #9F2264

square

#9F9B22 #229F5C #22269F #9F2264

split-complementary

#9F9B22 #22649F #5C229F

monochromatic

#3A390C #6D6A17 #9F9B22 #D1CC2D #DDD95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9F9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#9F9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B22

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B22	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.134 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb868',
    500: '#9f9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b22;
$custom-light: #bfb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67207,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B22

secondary

#5B5FC1

accent

#45E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B22

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

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