#9FA259#9FA259

#9FA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA259
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 45.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -12.06, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 39.33, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.034 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.096 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0220, 33.9334, 14.4702)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA259 #5C59A2

analogous

#A28159 #9FA259 #7BA259

triadic

#9FA259 #599FA2 #A2599F

tetradic

#9FA259 #59A281 #5C59A2 #A2597B

square

#9FA259 #59A281 #5C59A2 #A2597B

split-complementary

#9FA259 #597BA2 #8159A2

monochromatic

#51532E #787B43 #9FA259 #B7B97F #CDCFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9FA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#9FA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA259

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA259	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd89',
    500: '#9fa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa259;
$custom-light: #bdbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 29.084,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69329,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA259

secondary

#9C9ABC

accent

#62C567

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA259

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

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