#9FA227#9FA227
#9FA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.138 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA227 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 162, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 61%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 76%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.45, -15.73, 58.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.45, 61.01, 104.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.81% -0.0496 0.1293) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.81% 0.138 111) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.5856, 33.3588, 6.9048) |
| Luminance | 0.3336 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.77
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.49
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.57
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.95
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA227 #2A27A2
analogous
#A26727 #9FA227 #62A227
triadic
#9FA227 #279FA2 #A2279F
tetradic
#9FA227 #27A267 #2A27A2 #A22762
square
#9FA227 #27A267 #2A27A2 #A22762
split-complementary
#9FA227 #2762A2 #6727A2
monochromatic
#3E3F0F #6F711B #9FA227 #CBCF37 #D8DB69
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.74
#9FA227 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.67
#9FA227 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA227
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA227 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA227 | 1.00 | 2.74 | 7.67 | 7.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B09
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa227; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.138 111.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfbd6b',
500: '#9fa227',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa227; $custom-light: #bfbd6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa227",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 162,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.463,
"s": 61.194,
"l": 39.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68814,
"c": 0.13849,
"h": 111
},
"luminance": 0.33358
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA227
secondary
#6664C1
accent
#43E447
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A