#9FA538#9FA538

#9FA538 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	#9FA538
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -16.37, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 55.97, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0497 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.131 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4678, 34.5673, 8.9132)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA538 #3E38A5

analogous

#A57438 #9FA538 #68A538

triadic

#9FA538 #389FA5 #A5389F

tetradic

#9FA538 #38A574 #3E38A5 #A53868

square

#9FA538 #38A574 #3E38A5 #A53868

split-complementary

#9FA538 #3868A5 #7438A5

monochromatic

#474A19 #737728 #9FA538 #BFC555 #D0D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9FA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#9FA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA538

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA538	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.131 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebf75',
    500: '#9fa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa538;
$custom-light: #bebf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA538

secondary

#7E7ABE

accent

#4FD957

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA538

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

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