#9F9D22#9F9D22

#9F9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.136 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9D22
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -13.33, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 60.73, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0433 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.136 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6448, 31.6012, 6.2092)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9D22 #22249F

analogous

#9F5E22 #9F9D22 #629F22

triadic

#9F9D22 #229F9D #9D229F

tetradic

#9F9D22 #229F5E #22249F #9F2262

square

#9F9D22 #229F5E #22249F #9F2262

split-complementary

#9F9D22 #22629F #5E229F

monochromatic

#3A390C #6D6B17 #9F9D22 #D1CF2D #DDDB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9F9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9F9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9D22

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9D22	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)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.136 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb969',
    500: '#9f9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9d22;
$custom-light: #bfb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9D22

secondary

#5B5DC1

accent

#43E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9D22

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

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