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#9da13a

a dark, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki

Token name suggestion: Forest Straw

RGB
157, 161, 58
HSL
62°, 47%, 43%
CMYK
3, 0, 64, 37
Luminance
0.3296

#9da13a is a dark vivid yellow, 62° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.59:1). As text it scores 2.77:1 on white — use #787B2C instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(62 47% 43%)rgb(157 161 58)Base step 700AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #9da13a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#9da13a
Hue
62°
yellow
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
63%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3296
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.59:1
Closest name
Dark Khaki
ΔE2000 8.6
Chroma
53.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.686
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15
Web-safe
#999933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue62° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #9da13a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green77%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#9da13a
HEX (8-digit)#9da13aff
RGBrgb(157, 161, 58)
RGBArgba(157, 161, 58, 1)
HSLhsl(62, 47%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 64%, 63%)
HWBhwb(62 23% 37%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 64%, 37%)
LABlab(64.1 -15.0 51.3)
LCHlch(64.1 53.5 106.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.686 0.125 111.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.41, 32.96, 8.92)
Decimal10330426
Display P3color(display-p3 0.616 0.631 0.227)
Web-safe#999933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #9da13a;
background-color: #9da13a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #9da13a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#9da13a] bg-[#9da13a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #9da13a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.616, green: 0.631, blue: 0.227)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.616, green: 0.631, blue: 0.227, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#9DA13A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF9DA13A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF9DA13A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(58, 161, 157)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(157, 161, 58)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(157, 161, 58)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 157, 161, 58)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6157f, 0.6314f, 0.2275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{157,161,58}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #9da13a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #9da13a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B5E22, #EDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #9da13a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFAF5;
  --brand-100: #F5F5EA;
  --brand-200: #EBECD0;
  --brand-300: #DFE1AD;
  --brand-400: #CFD283;
  --brand-500: #BFC45A;
  --brand-600: #B0B441;
  --brand-700: #9da13a;
  --brand-800: #75782B;
  --brand-900: #565823;
  --brand-950: #363716;
  --brand: #9da13a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E8E9C3;
  --brand-hover: #838731;
  --brand-pressed: #6A6C27;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242414;
    --brand-ink: #EDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFAF5',
        100: '#F5F5EA',
        200: '#EBECD0',
        300: '#DFE1AD',
        400: '#CFD283',
        500: '#BFC45A',
        600: '#B0B441',
        700: '#9da13a',
        800: '#75782B',
        900: '#565823',
        950: '#363716',
        DEFAULT: '#9da13a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFAF5,
  '100': #F5F5EA,
  '200': #EBECD0,
  '300': #DFE1AD,
  '400': #CFD283,
  '500': #BFC45A,
  '600': #B0B441,
  '700': #9da13a,
  '800': #75782B,
  '900': #565823,
  '950': #363716,
);
$brand-base: #9da13a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBECD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFE1AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CFD283", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BFC45A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B0B441", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9da13a", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#75782B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#565823", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#363716", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #9da13a · 7.59:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.77:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.59:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #9da13a as text scores 2.77:1 on white and 7.59:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5B5E22 at 2.47:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#787B2C · 4.50:1
AA on white−10% L
#787B2C
The quick fox
#575A20 · 7.27:1
AAA on white−19% L
#575A20
The quick fox
#9da13a · 7.59:1
AA on blackalready passes
#9da13a
The quick fox
#9da13a · 7.59:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#9da13a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #969937 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#9da13a on white: 2.77:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#9da13a on black: 7.59:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #9da13a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #9da13a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.77:1AaAa
Slate 502.64:1AaAa
Slate 1002.52:1AaAa
Slate 2002.24:1AaAa
Slate 3001.86:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5001.72:1AaAa
Slate 6002.74:1AaAa
Slate 7003.74:1AaAa
Slate 8005.29:1AaAa
Slate 9006.45:1AaAa
Black7.59:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AD9A2D
deuteranopia · #AE9D41
tritanopia · #A7978C

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #9da13a is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFAF5
#F5F5EA
#EBECD0
#DFE1AD
#CFD283
#BFC45A
#B0B441
#9da13a
#75782B
#565823
#363716
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FAFAF5Darkest = 950 · #363716Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.031 111.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 111.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 111.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.098 111.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.115 111.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.125 111.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.125 111.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.118 111.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.105 111.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.088 111.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.069 111.4);
}

Colors that work with #9da13a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E8E9C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#989B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#364DA5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B5E22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242414
Dark-mode background
Hover#838731
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6A6C27
Two steps down
Disabled#B8B992
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B7BC33
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #9da13a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5B5E22
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #969937

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3E3AA1
Analogous left#A1713A
Analogous right#69A13A
Split-complement 1#3A69A1
Split-complement 2#713AA1
Triadic 1#3A9DA1
Triadic 2#A13A9D
Tetradic#3AA171
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°62°

#9da13a sits at 62°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red61.6%
Green63.1%
Blue22.7%
R · 0–255
157
0x9d
G · 0–255
161
0xa1
B · 0–255
58
0x3a

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow64.0%
Key (black)36.9%

Total ink coverage is 103%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#9da13a text on a black background

contrast 7.59:1

Card sample

#9da13a text on a white background

contrast 2.77:1

Card sample

#9da13a on grey

2.52:1

#9da13a on its own surface

2.64:1

#9da13a on its dark surface

5.68:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #9da13a;
Background color
Panel with #9da13a background
background-color: #9da13a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #9da13a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(157, 161, 58, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(157, 161, 58, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #9da13a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9da13a, #58A13A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9da13a, #3FA13A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #9da13a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #9da13a;
caret-color: #9da13a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #9da13a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #9da13a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#9da13a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #9da13a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(157, 161, 58, 0.5)
rgb(157 161 58 / 50%)
#9da13a80
hsl(62 47% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #9da13a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9da13a1a#F5F6EB
20%#9da13a33#EBECD8
40%#9da13a66#D8D9B0
60%#9da13a99#C4C789
80%#9da13acc#B1B461

Gradients from #9da13a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BEC256, #9da13a 45%, #5B5E22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #9da13a, #458A32);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9da13a, #3E3AA1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C7CA6C 0%, #9da13a 45%, #5B5E22 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BF824E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6EB742 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B5E22 0%, transparent 65%), #9da13a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #9da13a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#9da13a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.59:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#9da13a, answered

What color is #9da13a?

#9da13a is a dark vivid yellow, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 8.6). It sits at 62° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #9da13a?

rgb(157, 161, 58) — 157 red, 161 green and 58 blue out of 255, or 61.6% / 63.1% / 22.7% by channel.

What is #9da13a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(62, 47%, 43%) and hsv(62, 64%, 63%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #9da13a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3296 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 7.59:1.

Should I use black or white text on #9da13a?

Black. It scores 7.59:1 against #9da13a, versus 2.77:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #9da13a accessible on a white background?

#9da13a on white scores 2.77:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #787B2C to reach 4.5:1, or #575A20 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #9da13a?

#3E3AA1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3A69A1 and #713AA1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #9da13a?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E8E9C3 for borders, #989B4B for secondary text, #364DA5 as an accent and #5B5E22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A1713A and #69A13A stays calm, while #3E3AA1 is the loudest partner.

What is #9da13a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 0%, 64%, 37%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #9da13a warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A17F3A; nudged cooler, #78A338.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #9da13a?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15 away. That is a visible difference, so define #9da13a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #9da13a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#9da13a] or text-[#9da13a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #9da13a with 50% opacity?

rgba(157, 161, 58, 0.5), or #9da13a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CED09D; over black, #4F511D.

Is #9da13a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999933, ΔE2000 2.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #9da13a mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #9da13a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BEC256, #9da13a 45%, #5B5E22). For more colour, a short hue run to #458A32 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #9da13a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #9da13a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.