#9FAD2B#9FAD2B

#9FAD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.148 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAD2B
RGB	rgb(159, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -21.14, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 64.14, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0642 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.148 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6785, 37.4330, 7.9469)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAD2B #392BAD

analogous

#AD7A2B #9FAD2B #5EAD2B

triadic

#9FAD2B #2B9FAD #AD2B9F

tetradic

#9FAD2B #2BAD7A #392BAD #AD2B5E

square

#9FAD2B #2BAD7A #392BAD #AD2B5E

split-complementary

#9FAD2B #2B5EAD #7A2BAD

monochromatic

#454B13 #727C1F #9FAD2B #C2D145 #D2DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9FAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9FAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAD2B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAD2B	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.148 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc56f',
    500: '#9fad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fad2b;
$custom-light: #bfc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAD2B

secondary

#786FC4

accent

#44E356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAD2B

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

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