#9FA22D#9FA22D
#9FA22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.135 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA22D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 162, 45) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 57%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 72%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 72.2%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.48, -15.45, 56.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.48, 58.95, 105.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.85% -0.0482 0.126) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.85% 0.135 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.6930, 33.4018, 7.4705) |
| Luminance | 0.3340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.21
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.28
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.70
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.74
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.13
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA22D #302DA2
analogous
#A26A2D #9FA22D #65A22D
triadic
#9FA22D #2D9FA2 #A22D9F
tetradic
#9FA22D #2DA26A #302DA2 #A22D65
square
#9FA22D #2DA26A #302DA2 #A22D65
split-complementary
#9FA22D #2D65A2 #6A2DA2
monochromatic
#414212 #707220 #9FA22D #C7CA42 #D5D872
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9FA22D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.68
#9FA22D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA22D
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA22D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA22D | 1.00 | 2.73 | 7.68 | 7.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B18
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E36
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa22d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 45); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.135 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfbd6e',
500: '#9fa22d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa22d; $custom-light: #bfbd6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa22d",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 162,
"b": 45
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.538,
"s": 56.522,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68853,
"c": 0.13495,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.33401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA22D
secondary
#6E6CBF
accent
#48E04C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B