#9FA236#9FA236
#9FA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA236 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 162, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 50%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 67%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.55, -14.95, 53.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.55, 55.51, 105.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.92% -0.0459 0.1203) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.92% 0.129 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.8851, 33.4786, 8.4824) |
| Luminance | 0.3348 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.16
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.13
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.20
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.34
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.60
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA236 #3936A2
analogous
#A26F36 #9FA236 #69A236
triadic
#9FA236 #369FA2 #A2369F
tetradic
#9FA236 #36A26F #3936A2 #A23669
square
#9FA236 #36A26F #3936A2 #A23669
split-complementary
#9FA236 #3669A2 #6F36A2
monochromatic
#454617 #727427 #9FA236 #C2C550 #D2D47E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9FA236 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.70
#9FA236 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA236
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA236 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA236 | 1.00 | 2.73 | 7.70 | 7.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9B27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa236; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd73',
500: '#9fa236',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa236; $custom-light: #bebd73; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa236",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 162,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.667,
"s": 50,
"l": 42.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68922,
"c": 0.1288,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.33478
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA236
secondary
#7877BD
accent
#4EDA52
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B