#9AA937#9AA937
#9AA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.137 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9AA937 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(154, 169, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 51%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 67%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.15, -20.61, 54.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.15, 58.33, 110.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.11% -0.0614 0.123) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.11% 0.137 116.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2046, 35.5222, 8.9843) |
| Luminance | 0.3552 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.68
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.60
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.62
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.70
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.73
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9AA937 #4637A9
analogous
#A97F37 #9AA937 #61A937
triadic
#9AA937 #379AA9 #A9379A
tetradic
#9AA937 #37A97F #4637A9 #A93761
square
#9AA937 #37A97F #4637A9 #A93761
split-complementary
#9AA937 #3761A9 #7F37A9
monochromatic
#464D19 #707B28 #9AA937 #B9C855 #CCD784
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9AA937 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.10
#9AA937 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9AA937
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9AA937 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9AA937 | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.10 | 8.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A027
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A23F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3A092
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9aa937; /* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 169, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.137 116.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bbc274',
500: '#9aa937',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9aa937; $custom-light: #bbc274; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9aa937",
"rgb": {
"r": 154,
"g": 169,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.895,
"s": 50.893,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70114,
"c": 0.13745,
"h": 116.5
},
"luminance": 0.35522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9AA937
secondary
#847BC0
accent
#4DDA60
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B