#9FA427#9FA427
#9FA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.141 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA427 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 164, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 62%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 76%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.02, -16.75, 59.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.02, 61.79, 105.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.27% -0.0524 0.1304) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.27% 0.141 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.9407, 34.0690, 7.0232) |
| Luminance | 0.3407 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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#A2A415
ΔE00 1.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.77
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.05
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.83
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.25
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA427 #2C27A4
analogous
#A46B27 #9FA427 #61A427
triadic
#9FA427 #279FA4 #A4279F
tetradic
#9FA427 #27A46B #2C27A4 #A42761
square
#9FA427 #27A46B #2C27A4 #A42761
split-complementary
#9FA427 #2761A4 #6B27A4
monochromatic
#3F410F #6F731B #9FA427 #CAD038 #D7DC6A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.69
#9FA427 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.81
#9FA427 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA427
7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA427 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA427 | 1.00 | 2.69 | 7.81 | 7.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C07
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA9A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa427; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.141 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfbe6c',
500: '#9fa427',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa427; $custom-light: #bfbe6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa427",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 164,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.4,
"s": 61.576,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69268,
"c": 0.14056,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.34068
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA427
secondary
#6965C2
accent
#43E54A
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A