#9FA937#9FA937

#9FA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA937
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -18.48, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 58.10, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0557 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.136 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1764, 36.0232, 9.0299)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA937 #4137A9

analogous

#A97A37 #9FA937 #66A937

triadic

#9FA937 #379FA9 #A9379F

tetradic

#9FA937 #37A97A #4137A9 #A93766

square

#9FA937 #37A97A #4137A9 #A93766

split-complementary

#9FA937 #3766A9 #7A37A9

monochromatic

#484D19 #747B28 #9FA937 #BEC855 #D0D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9FA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9FA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA937

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA937	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec274',
    500: '#9fa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa937;
$custom-light: #bec274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA937

secondary

#817BC0

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA937

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

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