#9FA821#9FA821

#9FA821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.148 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA821
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -19.03, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 65.15, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0592 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.148 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5761, 35.4866, 6.7828)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA821 #2A21A8

analogous

#A86E21 #9FA821 #5CA821

triadic

#9FA821 #219FA8 #A8219F

tetradic

#9FA821 #21A86E #2A21A8 #A8215C

square

#9FA821 #21A86E #2A21A8 #A8215C

split-complementary

#9FA821 #215CA8 #6E21A8

monochromatic

#3E420D #6F7517 #9FA821 #CBD630 #D8E063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9FA821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#9FA821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA821

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA821	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.148 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc16a',
    500: '#9fa821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa821;
$custom-light: #bfc16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70147,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA821

secondary

#665FC5

accent

#3EEA49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA821

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

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