#9FA522#9FA522

#9FA522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.144 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA522
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -17.47, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 63.71, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0548 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.144 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0429, 34.3974, 6.6752)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA522 #2822A5

analogous

#A56A22 #9FA522 #5EA522

triadic

#9FA522 #229FA5 #A5229F

tetradic

#9FA522 #22A56A #2822A5 #A5225E

square

#9FA522 #22A56A #2822A5 #A5225E

split-complementary

#9FA522 #225EA5 #6A22A5

monochromatic

#3D400D #6E7218 #9FA522 #CDD430 #D9DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9FA522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9FA522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA522

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA522	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.144 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbf6a',
    500: '#9fa522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa522;
$custom-light: #bfbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.748,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA522

secondary

#645FC4

accent

#3FE947

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA522

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

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