#9F9E27#9F9E27

#9F9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.134 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9E27
RGB	rgb(159, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -13.65, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 59.49, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0438 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.134 109)
XYZ	xyz(26.8922, 31.9720, 6.6737)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9E27 #27289F

analogous

#9F6227 #9F9E27 #649F27

triadic

#9F9E27 #279F9E #9E279F

tetradic

#9F9E27 #279F62 #27289F #9F2764

square

#9F9E27 #279F62 #27289F #9F2764

split-complementary

#9F9E27 #27649F #62279F

monochromatic

#3D3C0F #6E6D1B #9F9E27 #CECC36 #DAD967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9F9E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9F9E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9E27

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9E27	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)

#AB970C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6b',
    500: '#9f9e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9e27;
$custom-light: #bfba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67911,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.31971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9E27

secondary

#6263C0

accent

#45E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9E27

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

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