#9FA42B#9FA42B

#9FA42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.138 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA42B
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -16.57, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 60.45, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0516 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.138 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0105, 34.0970, 7.3909)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA42B #302BA4

analogous

#A46C2B #9FA42B #63A42B

triadic

#9FA42B #2B9FA4 #A42B9F

tetradic

#9FA42B #2BA46C #302BA4 #A42B63

square

#9FA42B #2BA46C #302BA4 #A42B63

split-complementary

#9FA42B #2B63A4 #6C2BA4

monochromatic

#414312 #70741E #9FA42B #C7CD3F #D5D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9FA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9FA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA42B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA42B	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.138 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbe6e',
    500: '#9fa42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa42b;
$custom-light: #bfbe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69293,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA42B

secondary

#6E6AC1

accent

#46E24D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA42B

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

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