#9FA559#9FA559

#9FA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA559
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -13.63, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 40.81, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0385 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.1 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5568, 35.0029, 14.6485)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA559 #5F59A5

analogous

#A58559 #9FA559 #79A559

triadic

#9FA559 #599FA5 #A5599F

tetradic

#9FA559 #59A585 #5F59A5 #A55979

square

#9FA559 #59A585 #5F59A5 #A55979

split-complementary

#9FA559 #5979A5 #8559A5

monochromatic

#52552E #797D44 #9FA559 #B6BB80 #CDD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9FA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#9FA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA559

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA559	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf89',
    500: '#9fa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa559;
$custom-light: #bdbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA559

secondary

#9E9CBE

accent

#62C66A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA559

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

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