#9F9D16#9F9D16

#9F9D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.141 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D16
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -13.72, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 63.92, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0453 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5010, 31.5437, 5.4515)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D16 #16189F

analogous

#9F5816 #9F9D16 #5C9F16

triadic

#9F9D16 #169F9D #9D169F

tetradic

#9F9D16 #169F58 #16189F #9F165C

square

#9F9D16 #169F58 #16189F #9F165C

split-complementary

#9F9D16 #165C9F #58169F

monochromatic

#333307 #69680F #9F9D16 #D5D21D #E6E44A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9F9D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#9F9D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D16

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D16	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb964',
    500: '#9f9d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d16;
$custom-light: #bfb964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67603,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D16

secondary

#4A4BC7

accent

#38F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D16

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

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