#9F9D20#9F9D20

#9F9D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.137 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D20
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -13.41, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 61.33, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0437 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.137 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6168, 31.5900, 6.0616)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D20 #20229F

analogous

#9F5D20 #9F9D20 #629F20

triadic

#9F9D20 #209F9D #9D209F

tetradic

#9F9D20 #209F5D #20229F #9F2062

square

#9F9D20 #209F5D #20229F #9F2062

split-complementary

#9F9D20 #20629F #5D209F

monochromatic

#39380B #6C6B16 #9F9D20 #D2CF2A #DEDC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9F9D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9F9D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D20

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D20	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.137 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb968',
    500: '#9f9d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d20;
$custom-light: #bfb968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67646,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D20

secondary

#595AC2

accent

#41E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D20

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

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