#9FA53E#9FA53E
#9FA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FA53E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 165, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 45%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 62%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.46, -15.97, 51.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.46, 53.46, 107.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.67% -0.0479 0.1164) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.67% 0.126 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6235, 34.6296, 9.7328) |
| Luminance | 0.3463 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.10
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.11
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.12
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.39
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.45
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FA53E #443EA5
analogous
#A5783E #9FA53E #6CA53E
triadic
#9FA53E #3E9FA5 #A53E9F
tetradic
#9FA53E #3EA578 #443EA5 #A53E6C
square
#9FA53E #3EA578 #443EA5 #A53E6C
split-complementary
#9FA53E #3E6CA5 #783EA5
monochromatic
#494C1D #74792D #9FA53E #BDC25E #CFD38A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#9FA53E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.93
#9FA53E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FA53E
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FA53E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FA53E | 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)
#B19E31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A045
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fa53e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebf78',
500: '#9fa53e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fa53e; $custom-light: #bebf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fa53e",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 165,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.495,
"s": 45.374,
"l": 44.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69672,
"c": 0.12592,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.34629
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FA53E
secondary
#8581BE
accent
#53D55A
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B