#9FA43B#9FA43B

#9FA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA43B
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 64%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -15.66, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 54.30, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0474 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.127 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3637, 34.2383, 9.2513)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA43B #403BA4

analogous

#A4743B #9FA43B #6AA43B

triadic

#9FA43B #3B9FA4 #A43B9F

tetradic

#9FA43B #3BA474 #403BA4 #A43B6A

square

#9FA43B #3BA474 #403BA4 #A43B6A

split-complementary

#9FA43B #3B6AA4 #743BA4

monochromatic

#484A1B #73772B #9FA43B #BEC359 #D0D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9FA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9FA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA43B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA43B	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebe76',
    500: '#9fa43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa43b;
$custom-light: #bebe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69418,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA43B

secondary

#807DBE

accent

#51D757

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA43B

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

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