#9FA659#9FA659

#9FA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA659
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 46.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -14.15, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 41.31, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.04 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.101 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7379, 35.3651, 14.7088)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA659 #6059A6

analogous

#A68759 #9FA659 #78A659

triadic

#9FA659 #599FA6 #A6599F

tetradic

#9FA659 #59A687 #6059A6 #A65978

square

#9FA659 #59A687 #6059A6 #A65978

split-complementary

#9FA659 #5978A6 #8759A6

monochromatic

#53562E #797E44 #9FA659 #B6BB81 #CDD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9FA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9FA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA659

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA659	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc089',
    500: '#9fa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa659;
$custom-light: #bdc089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70224,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA659

secondary

#9F9CBF

accent

#61C66B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA659

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

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