#9FA23A#9FA23A
#9FA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA23A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 162, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 47%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 64%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.58, -14.69, 51.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.58, 53.86, 105.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.96% -0.0448 0.1175) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.96% 0.126 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.9830, 33.5178, 8.9977) |
| Luminance | 0.3352 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.64
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.41
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.66
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.68
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.90
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA23A #3D3AA2
analogous
#A2713A #9FA23A #6BA23A
triadic
#9FA23A #3A9FA2 #A23A9F
tetradic
#9FA23A #3AA271 #3D3AA2 #A23A6B
square
#9FA23A #3AA271 #3D3AA2 #A23A6B
split-complementary
#9FA23A #3A6BA2 #713AA2
monochromatic
#47481A #73752A #9FA23A #C0C357 #D1D384
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9FA23A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.70
#9FA23A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA23A
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA23A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA23A | 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)
#AE9B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa23a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd75',
500: '#9fa23a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa23a; $custom-light: #bebd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa23a",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 162,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.731,
"s": 47.273,
"l": 43.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68957,
"c": 0.12575,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.33517
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA23A
secondary
#7D7BBD
accent
#51D755
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B