#9FA237#9FA237
#9FA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA237 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 162, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 49%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 66%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 66%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.55, -14.89, 53.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.55, 55.10, 105.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.93% -0.0456 0.1197) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.93% 0.128 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.9088, 33.4881, 8.6074) |
| Luminance | 0.3349 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.28
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.19
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.31
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.42
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.67
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA237 #3A37A2
analogous
#A26F37 #9FA237 #6AA237
triadic
#9FA237 #379FA2 #A2379F
tetradic
#9FA237 #37A26F #3A37A2 #A2376A
square
#9FA237 #37A26F #3A37A2 #A2376A
split-complementary
#9FA237 #376AA2 #6F37A2
monochromatic
#454718 #727427 #9FA237 #C1C452 #D1D480
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9FA237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.70
#9FA237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA237
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA237 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA237 | 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)
#AE9B28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa237; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd74',
500: '#9fa237',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa237; $custom-light: #bebd74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa237",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 162,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.682,
"s": 49.309,
"l": 42.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68931,
"c": 0.12806,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.33487
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA237
secondary
#7A78BD
accent
#4FD953
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B