#9FA42F#9FA42F
#9FA42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.136 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA42F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 164, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 71%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 71.3%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.06, -16.37, 56.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.06, 59.03, 106.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.32% -0.0506 0.126) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.32% 0.136 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.0875, 34.1278, 7.7965) |
| Luminance | 0.3413 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.38
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.26
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.46
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.15
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.48
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA42F #342FA4
analogous
#A46F2F #9FA42F #65A42F
triadic
#9FA42F #2F9FA4 #A42F9F
tetradic
#9FA42F #2FA46F #342FA4 #A42F65
square
#9FA42F #2FA46F #342FA4 #A42F65
split-complementary
#9FA42F #2F65A4 #6F2FA4
monochromatic
#434514 #717421 #9FA42F #C4CA46 #D3D876
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#9FA42F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.83
#9FA42F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA42F
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA42F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA42F | 1.00 | 2.68 | 7.83 | 7.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C1B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA9A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa42f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.136 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfbe70',
500: '#9fa42f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa42f; $custom-light: #bfbe70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa42f",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 164,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.564,
"s": 55.45,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6932,
"c": 0.13581,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.34127
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA42F
secondary
#736FC0
accent
#49DF4F
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B