#9F9E23#9F9E23

#9F9E23 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	#9F9E23
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -13.82, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 60.78, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0446 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8293, 31.9468, 6.3429)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E23 #23249F

analogous

#9F6023 #9F9E23 #629F23

triadic

#9F9E23 #239F9E #9E239F

tetradic

#9F9E23 #239F60 #23249F #9F2362

square

#9F9E23 #239F60 #23249F #9F2362

split-complementary

#9F9E23 #23629F #60239F

monochromatic

#3B3A0D #6D6C18 #9F9E23 #D1D02E #DCDB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9F9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9F9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E23

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E23	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)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba69',
    500: '#9f9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e23;
$custom-light: #bfba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67888,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E23

secondary

#5D5EC1

accent

#42E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E23

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

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