#9FAE23#9FAE23

#9FAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.153 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE23
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -21.97, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 66.97, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0672 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.153 116)
XYZ	xyz(29.7383, 37.7648, 7.3125)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE23 #3223AE

analogous

#AE7723 #9FAE23 #59AE23

triadic

#9FAE23 #239FAE #AE239F

tetradic

#9FAE23 #23AE77 #3223AE #AE2359

square

#9FAE23 #23AE77 #3223AE #AE2359

split-complementary

#9FAE23 #2359AE #7723AE

monochromatic

#42480F #707B19 #9FAE23 #C6D737 #D4E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9FAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE23

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE23	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.153 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc66b',
    500: '#9fae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae23;
$custom-light: #bfc66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE23

secondary

#7066C7

accent

#3EE951

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE23

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

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