#9FAC38#9FAC38

#9FAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.139 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAC38
RGB	rgb(159, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -19.93, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 59.04, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0597 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.139 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7651, 37.1620, 9.3456)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAC38 #4538AC

analogous

#AC7F38 #9FAC38 #65AC38

triadic

#9FAC38 #389FAC #AC389F

tetradic

#9FAC38 #38AC7F #4538AC #AC3865

square

#9FAC38 #38AC7F #4538AC #AC3865

split-complementary

#9FAC38 #3865AC #7F38AC

monochromatic

#4A501A #747E29 #9FAC38 #BCC958 #CFD887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9FAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9FAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAC38

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAC38	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.139 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec475',
    500: '#9fac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fac38;
$custom-light: #bec475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.724,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7121,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAC38

secondary

#867EC2

accent

#4DDA5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAC38

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

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