#9FA17E#9FA17E
#9FA17E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.049 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA17E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 161, 126) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 16%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 22%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 21.7%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.25, -6.76, 18.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.25, 19.27, 110.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.8% -0.017 0.0459) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.8% 0.049 110.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8086, 34.3673, 24.7452) |
| Luminance | 0.3437 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Stone (survey)
#ADA587
ΔE00 5.18
Bland
#AFA88B
ΔE00 5.34
Cement
#A5A391
ΔE00 6.35
Sage Green
#9CAF88
ΔE00 6.56
Greenish Grey
#96AE8D
ΔE00 7.90
Greyish
#A8A495
ΔE00 8.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA17E #807EA1
analogous
#A1927E #9FA17E #8EA17E
triadic
#9FA17E #7E9FA1 #A17E9F
tetradic
#9FA17E #7EA192 #807EA1 #A17E8E
square
#9FA17E #7EA192 #807EA1 #A17E8E
split-complementary
#9FA17E #7E8EA1 #927EA1
monochromatic
#5E5F45 #81835F #9FA17E #B9BBA1 #D4D5C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.67
#9FA17E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.87
#9FA17E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA17E
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA17E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA17E | 1.00 | 2.67 | 7.87 | 7.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79E7C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79F7F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A49D97
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa17e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 161, 126); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.049 110.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bbbca3',
500: '#9fa17e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa17e; $custom-light: #bbbca3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa17e",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 161,
"b": 126
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.429,
"s": 15.695,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69805,
"c": 0.04897,
"h": 110.3
},
"luminance": 0.34367
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA17E
secondary
#B7B6C5
accent
#6FB874
background
#FBFBFA
surface
#F6F6F3
border
#D0D0CD
text
#12120F
muted
#81817F