#9FAA2E#9FAA2E

#9FAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.143 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAA2E
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -19.48, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 61.87, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0594 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.143 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1668, 36.3182, 8.0579)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAA2E #392EAA

analogous

#AA772E #9FAA2E #61AA2E

triadic

#9FAA2E #2E9FAA #AA2E9F

tetradic

#9FAA2E #2EAA77 #392EAA #AA2E61

square

#9FAA2E #2EAA77 #392EAA #AA2E61

split-complementary

#9FAA2E #2E61AA #772EAA

monochromatic

#454A14 #727A21 #9FAA2E #C2CD48 #D2DA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9FAA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9FAA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAA2E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAA2E	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.143 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc370',
    500: '#9faa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faa2e;
$custom-light: #bfc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAA2E

secondary

#7871C3

accent

#47E155

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAA2E

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

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