#9FA42D#9FA42D

#9FA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.137 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA42D
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -16.48, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 59.75, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0511 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.137 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0481, 34.1120, 7.5889)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA42D #322DA4

analogous

#A46D2D #9FA42D #63A42D

triadic

#9FA42D #2D9FA4 #A42D9F

tetradic

#9FA42D #2DA46D #322DA4 #A42D63

square

#9FA42D #2DA46D #322DA4 #A42D63

split-complementary

#9FA42D #2D63A4 #6D2DA4

monochromatic

#424413 #707420 #9FA42D #C6CB43 #D4D973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9FA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9FA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA42D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA42D	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.137 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbe6f',
    500: '#9fa42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa42d;
$custom-light: #bfbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69306,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA42D

secondary

#706DC0

accent

#48E04E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA42D

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

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