#9FA55D#9FA55D

#9FA55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA55D
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 43.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -13.20, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 38.80, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0369 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.095 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7294, 35.0720, 15.5572)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA55D #635DA5

analogous

#A5875D #9FA55D #7BA55D

triadic

#9FA55D #5D9FA5 #A55D9F

tetradic

#9FA55D #5DA587 #635DA5 #A55D7B

square

#9FA55D #5DA587 #635DA5 #A55D7B

split-complementary

#9FA55D #5D7BA5 #875DA5

monochromatic

#545730 #7A7F46 #9FA55D #B6BB84 #CED1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9FA55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9FA55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA55D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA55D	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf8c',
    500: '#9fa55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa55d;
$custom-light: #bcbf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA55D

secondary

#A29FBF

accent

#63C56B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA55D

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

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