#9FA55E#9FA55E

#9FA55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.094 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA55E
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 43%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -13.09, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 38.29, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0365 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.094 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7739, 35.0898, 15.7920)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA55E #645EA5

analogous

#A5875E #9FA55E #7BA55E

triadic

#9FA55E #5E9FA5 #A55E9F

tetradic

#9FA55E #5EA587 #645EA5 #A55E7B

square

#9FA55E #5EA587 #645EA5 #A55E7B

split-complementary

#9FA55E #5E7BA5 #875EA5

monochromatic

#545831 #7A7F47 #9FA55E #B6BB85 #CED1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9FA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#9FA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA55E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA55E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.094 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf8d',
    500: '#9fa55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa55e;
$custom-light: #bcbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70075,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA55E

secondary

#A2A0BF

accent

#63C56B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA55E

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

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