#9FA537#9FA537
#9FA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.131 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA537 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 165, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 50%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 67%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.40, -16.43, 53.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.40, 56.37, 106.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.61% -0.05 0.1215) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.61% 0.131 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.4436, 34.5577, 8.7856) |
| Luminance | 0.3456 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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Puke
#A5A502
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Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.82
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.82
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA537 #3D37A5
analogous
#A57437 #9FA537 #68A537
triadic
#9FA537 #379FA5 #A5379F
tetradic
#9FA537 #37A574 #3D37A5 #A53768
square
#9FA537 #37A574 #3D37A5 #A53768
split-complementary
#9FA537 #3768A5 #7437A5
monochromatic
#474918 #737728 #9FA537 #C0C653 #D1D581
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#9FA537 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.91
#9FA537 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA537
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA537 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA537 | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.91 | 7.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A03F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA9B8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa537; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.131 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebf74',
500: '#9fa537',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa537; $custom-light: #bebf74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa537",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 165,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.273,
"s": 50,
"l": 43.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69609,
"c": 0.13138,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.34557
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA537
secondary
#7D79BF
accent
#4EDA56
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B