#9F9C16#9F9C16

#9F9C16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9C16
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -13.19, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 63.58, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0438 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.14 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3325, 31.2067, 5.3953)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9C16 #16199F

analogous

#9F5716 #9F9C16 #5D9F16

triadic

#9F9C16 #169F9C #9C169F

tetradic

#9F9C16 #169F57 #16199F #9F165D

square

#9F9C16 #169F57 #16199F #9F165D

split-complementary

#9F9C16 #165D9F #57169F

monochromatic

#333307 #69670F #9F9C16 #D5D11D #E6E24A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F9C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9F9C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9C16

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9C16	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.140 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb864',
    500: '#9f9c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9c16;
$custom-light: #bfb864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67378,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9C16

secondary

#4A4CC7

accent

#3AF236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9C16

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

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