#9FA042#9FA042

#9FA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA042
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -13.09, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 49.49, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0394 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.117 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8530, 32.9066, 10.0376)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA042 #4342A0

analogous

#A07242 #9FA042 #70A042

triadic

#9FA042 #429FA0 #A0429F

tetradic

#9FA042 #42A072 #4342A0 #A04270

square

#9FA042 #42A072 #4342A0 #A04270

split-complementary

#9FA042 #4270A0 #7242A0

monochromatic

#49491E #747530 #9FA042 #BDBE61 #CFD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9FA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#9FA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA042

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA042	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebb7a',
    500: '#9fa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa042;
$custom-light: #bebb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.638,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA042

secondary

#8483BB

accent

#56D158

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA042

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

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