#9FA759#9FA759

#9FA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA759
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 46.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -14.67, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 41.81, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0414 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.102 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9204, 35.7301, 14.7697)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA759 #6159A7

analogous

#A78859 #9FA759 #78A759

triadic

#9FA759 #599FA7 #A7599F

tetradic

#9FA759 #59A788 #6159A7 #A75978

square

#9FA759 #59A788 #6159A7 #A75978

split-complementary

#9FA759 #5978A7 #8859A7

monochromatic

#53572E #797F43 #9FA759 #B6BC81 #CDD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9FA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9FA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA759

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA759	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc189',
    500: '#9fa759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa759;
$custom-light: #bdc189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 30.709,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70448,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA759

secondary

#A09CBF

accent

#61C76B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA759

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

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