#9FA557#9FA557

#9FA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA557
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -13.83, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 41.81, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0393 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.102 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4740, 34.9698, 14.2122)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA557 #5D57A5

analogous

#A58457 #9FA557 #78A557

triadic

#9FA557 #579FA5 #A5579F

tetradic

#9FA557 #57A584 #5D57A5 #A55778

square

#9FA557 #57A584 #5D57A5 #A55778

split-complementary

#9FA557 #5778A5 #8457A5

monochromatic

#52552D #787D42 #9FA557 #B6BB7E #CDD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9FA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#9FA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA557

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA557	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)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf88',
    500: '#9fa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa557;
$custom-light: #bdbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69971,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA557

secondary

#9D9ABE

accent

#61C769

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA557

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

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