#9FA459#9FA459

#9FA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA459
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -13.10, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 40.31, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.037 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.099 112)
XYZ	xyz(29.3772, 34.6436, 14.5886)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA459 #5E59A4

analogous

#A48459 #9FA459 #7AA459

triadic

#9FA459 #599FA4 #A4599F

tetradic

#9FA459 #59A484 #5E59A4 #A4597A

square

#9FA459 #59A484 #5E59A4 #A4597A

split-complementary

#9FA459 #597AA4 #8459A4

monochromatic

#52552E #797C43 #9FA459 #B6BA80 #CDD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9FA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9FA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA459

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA459	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe89',
    500: '#9fa459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa459;
$custom-light: #bdbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69776,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.34643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA459

secondary

#9E9BBE

accent

#62C669

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA459

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

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