#9FA837#9FA837

#9FA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA837
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -17.97, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 57.67, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0543 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.135 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9911, 35.6526, 8.9681)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA837 #4037A8

analogous

#A87837 #9FA837 #66A837

triadic

#9FA837 #379FA8 #A8379F

tetradic

#9FA837 #37A878 #4037A8 #A83766

square

#9FA837 #37A878 #4037A8 #A83766

split-complementary

#9FA837 #3766A8 #7837A8

monochromatic

#484C19 #737A28 #9FA837 #BEC755 #D0D683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9FA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9FA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA837

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA837	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec174',
    500: '#9fa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa837;
$custom-light: #bec174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.779,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7029,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA837

secondary

#807BC0

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA837

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

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