#9FAB2A#9FAB2A

#9FAB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAB2A
RGB	rgb(159, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -20.18, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 63.64, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0617 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.146 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2797, 36.6644, 7.7246)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAB2A #362AAB

analogous

#AB762A #9FAB2A #5FAB2A

triadic

#9FAB2A #2A9FAB #AB2A9F

tetradic

#9FAB2A #2AAB76 #362AAB #AB2A5F

square

#9FAB2A #2AAB76 #362AAB #AB2A5F

split-complementary

#9FAB2A #2A5FAB #762AAB

monochromatic

#444912 #717A1E #9FAB2A #C3D142 #D3DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9FAB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#9FAB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAB2A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAB2A	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A20B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc36e',
    500: '#9fab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fab2a;
$custom-light: #bfc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAB2A

secondary

#756DC4

accent

#44E453

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAB2A

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

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