#9F9C22#9F9C22

#9F9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9C22
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -12.81, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 60.37, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0419 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4763, 31.2643, 6.1530)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9C22 #22259F

analogous

#9F5D22 #9F9C22 #639F22

triadic

#9F9C22 #229F9C #9C229F

tetradic

#9F9C22 #229F5D #22259F #9F2263

square

#9F9C22 #229F5D #22259F #9F2263

split-complementary

#9F9C22 #22639F #5D229F

monochromatic

#3A390C #6D6B17 #9F9C22 #D1CD2D #DDDA5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9F9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9C22

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9C22	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb868',
    500: '#9f9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9c22;
$custom-light: #bfb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67432,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9C22

secondary

#5B5EC1

accent

#44E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9C22

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

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