#9FA556#9FA556

#9FA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA556
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -13.93, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 42.30, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0396 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.103 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4334, 34.9536, 13.9985)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA556 #5C56A5

analogous

#A58456 #9FA556 #78A556

triadic

#9FA556 #569FA5 #A5569F

tetradic

#9FA556 #56A584 #5C56A5 #A55678

square

#9FA556 #56A584 #5C56A5 #A55678

split-complementary

#9FA556 #5678A5 #8456A5

monochromatic

#51552C #787D41 #9FA556 #B7BB7D #CDD0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9FA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#9FA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA556

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA556	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf87',
    500: '#9fa556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa556;
$custom-light: #bdbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.557,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69956,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA556

secondary

#9C99BE

accent

#60C868

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA556

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

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