#9FAA1B#9FAA1B

#9FAA1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.152 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAA1B
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -20.24, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 67.47, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.063 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.152 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8716, 36.2001, 6.5031)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAA1B #261BAA

analogous

#AA6D1B #9FAA1B #57AA1B

triadic

#9FAA1B #1B9FAA #AA1B9F

tetradic

#9FAA1B #1BAA6D #261BAA #AA1B57

square

#9FAA1B #1BAA6D #261BAA #AA1B57

split-complementary

#9FAA1B #1B57AA #6D1BAA

monochromatic

#3C400A #6E7513 #9FAA1B #CEDC26 #DAE55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FAA1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#9FAA1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAA1B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAA1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAA1B	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faa1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.152 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc368',
    500: '#9faa1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faa1b;
$custom-light: #bfc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faa1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70578,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAA1B

secondary

#6158C9

accent

#39EF47

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAA1B

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

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