#9F9E20#9F9E20

#9F9E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.138 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E20
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -13.93, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 61.69, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0451 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.138 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7867, 31.9298, 6.1183)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E20 #20219F

analogous

#9F5F20 #9F9E20 #609F20

triadic

#9F9E20 #209F9E #9E209F

tetradic

#9F9E20 #209F5F #20219F #9F2060

square

#9F9E20 #209F5F #20219F #9F2060

split-complementary

#9F9E20 #20609F #5F209F

monochromatic

#39390B #6C6B16 #9F9E20 #D2D12A #DEDD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9F9E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9F9E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E20

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E20	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.138 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba68',
    500: '#9f9e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e20;
$custom-light: #bfba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67872,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E20

secondary

#5959C2

accent

#40E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E20

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

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