#9FA059#9FA059

#9FA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.094 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA059
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 44.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -11.00, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 38.36, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.031 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.094 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6725, 33.2344, 14.3537)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA059 #5A59A0

analogous

#A07E59 #9FA059 #7CA059

triadic

#9FA059 #599FA0 #A0599F

tetradic

#9FA059 #59A07E #5A59A0 #A0597C

square

#9FA059 #59A07E #5A59A0 #A0597C

split-complementary

#9FA059 #597CA0 #7E59A0

monochromatic

#51512D #787943 #9FA059 #B7B87F #CDCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9FA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9FA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA059

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA059	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.094 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbc89',
    500: '#9fa059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa059;
$custom-light: #bdbc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 28.514,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA059

secondary

#9A9ABB

accent

#63C564

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA059

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

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