#9FAA23#9FAA23

#9FAA23 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	#9FAA23
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -19.97, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 65.37, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0616 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.149 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9771, 36.2423, 7.0588)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAA23 #2E23AA

analogous

#AA7223 #9FAA23 #5BAA23

triadic

#9FAA23 #239FAA #AA239F

tetradic

#9FAA23 #23AA72 #2E23AA #AA235B

square

#9FAA23 #23AA72 #2E23AA #AA235B

split-complementary

#9FAA23 #235BAA #7223AA

monochromatic

#40440E #707719 #9FAA23 #C8D535 #D6E068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9FAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAA23

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAA23	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)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.149 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc36b',
    500: '#9faa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faa23;
$custom-light: #bfc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70614,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAA23

secondary

#6B63C6

accent

#3FE94D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAA23

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

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