#9F9B23#9F9B23

#9F9B23 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	#9F9B23
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -12.24, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 59.70, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0402 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.134 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3239, 30.9359, 6.1744)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9B23 #23279F

analogous

#9F5D23 #9F9B23 #659F23

triadic

#9F9B23 #239F9B #9B239F

tetradic

#9F9B23 #239F5D #23279F #9F2365

square

#9F9B23 #239F5D #23279F #9F2365

split-complementary

#9F9B23 #23659F #5D239F

monochromatic

#3B390D #6D6A18 #9F9B23 #D1CC2E #DCD860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9F9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#9F9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9B23

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9B23	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)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.134 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb869',
    500: '#9f9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9b23;
$custom-light: #bfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67213,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9B23

secondary

#5D60C1

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9B23

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

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