#9F9E22#9F9E22

#9F9E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E22
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -13.85, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 61.09, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0448 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8147, 31.9410, 6.2658)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E22 #22239F

analogous

#9F5F22 #9F9E22 #619F22

triadic

#9F9E22 #229F9E #9E229F

tetradic

#9F9E22 #229F5F #22239F #9F2261

square

#9F9E22 #229F5F #22239F #9F2261

split-complementary

#9F9E22 #22619F #5F229F

monochromatic

#3A3A0C #6D6C17 #9F9E22 #D1D02D #DDDC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9F9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9F9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E22

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E22	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)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba69',
    500: '#9f9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e22;
$custom-light: #bfba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67882,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E22

secondary

#5B5CC1

accent

#41E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E22

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

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