#9FA255#9FA255

#9FA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.100 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA255
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 47.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -12.47, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 41.34, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0356 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.1 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8586, 33.8680, 13.6095)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA255 #5855A2

analogous

#A27E55 #9FA255 #78A255

triadic

#9FA255 #559FA2 #A2559F

tetradic

#9FA255 #55A27E #5855A2 #A25578

square

#9FA255 #55A27E #5855A2 #A25578

split-complementary

#9FA255 #5578A2 #7E55A2

monochromatic

#50522B #787A40 #9FA255 #B7BA7B #CDCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9FA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#9FA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA255

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA255	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.100 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd87',
    500: '#9fa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa255;
$custom-light: #bdbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69271,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA255

secondary

#9897BC

accent

#60C764

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA255

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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