#9FAC2E#9FAC2E
#9FAC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FAC2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 172, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 58%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 73.3%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.33, -20.49, 59.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.33, 62.71, 109.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.14% -0.0622 0.1312) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.14% 0.145 115.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.5445, 37.0737, 8.1838) |
| Luminance | 0.3707 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.51
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.54
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.96
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.62
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.66
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FAC2E #3B2EAC
analogous
#AC7A2E #9FAC2E #60AC2E
triadic
#9FAC2E #2E9FAC #AC2E9F
tetradic
#9FAC2E #2EAC7A #3B2EAC #AC2E60
square
#9FAC2E #2EAC7A #3B2EAC #AC2E60
split-complementary
#9FAC2E #2E60AC #7A2EAC
monochromatic
#464B14 #727C21 #9FAC2E #C1CE49 #D1DB79
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#9FAC2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.41
#9FAC2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FAC2E
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FAC2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FAC2E | 1.00 | 2.50 | 8.41 | 8.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A315
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A538
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9A294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fac2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 172, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 115.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfc470',
500: '#9fac2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fac2e; $custom-light: #bfc470; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fac2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 172,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.19,
"s": 57.798,
"l": 42.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71136,
"c": 0.14522,
"h": 115.4
},
"luminance": 0.37073
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FAC2E
secondary
#7B72C3
accent
#47E157
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B