#9FAA22#9FAA22

#9FAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.149 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAA22
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -20.00, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 65.66, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0618 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.149 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9624, 36.2364, 6.9817)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAA22 #2D22AA

analogous

#AA7122 #9FAA22 #5BAA22

triadic

#9FAA22 #229FAA #AA229F

tetradic

#9FAA22 #22AA71 #2D22AA #AA225B

square

#9FAA22 #22AA71 #2D22AA #AA225B

split-complementary

#9FAA22 #225BAA #7122AA

monochromatic

#40440E #6F7718 #9FAA22 #C9D633 #D7E066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9FAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAA22

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAA22	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.149 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc36a',
    500: '#9faa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faa22;
$custom-light: #bfc36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAA22

secondary

#6A62C6

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAA22

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

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