#9F9E16#9F9E16

#9F9E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E16
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -14.24, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 64.26, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0467 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.142 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6708, 31.8834, 5.5081)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E16 #16179F

analogous

#9F5916 #9F9E16 #5B9F16

triadic

#9F9E16 #169F9E #9E169F

tetradic

#9F9E16 #169F59 #16179F #9F165B

square

#9F9E16 #169F59 #16179F #9F165B

split-complementary

#9F9E16 #165B9F #59169F

monochromatic

#333307 #69690F #9F9E16 #D5D31D #E6E54A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9F9E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9F9E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E16

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E16	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.142 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba64',
    500: '#9f9e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e16;
$custom-light: #bfba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67829,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E16

secondary

#4A4AC7

accent

#37F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E16

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

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