#9F9C23#9F9C23

#9F9C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.135 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9C23
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -12.77, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 60.06, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0417 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.135 108)
XYZ	xyz(26.4910, 31.2701, 6.2301)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9C23 #23269F

analogous

#9F5E23 #9F9C23 #649F23

triadic

#9F9C23 #239F9C #9C239F

tetradic

#9F9C23 #239F5E #23269F #9F2364

square

#9F9C23 #239F5E #23269F #9F2364

split-complementary

#9F9C23 #23649F #5E239F

monochromatic

#3B3A0D #6D6B18 #9F9C23 #D1CD2E #DCD960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F9C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9F9C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9C23

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9C23	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)

#A99601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.135 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb869',
    500: '#9f9c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9c23;
$custom-light: #bfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67437,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.31269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9C23

secondary

#5D5FC1

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9C23

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

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