#9FAE2A#9FAE2A

#9FAE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.150 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE2A
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -21.68, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 64.88, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0658 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.15 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8528, 37.8106, 7.9156)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE2A #392AAE

analogous

#AE7B2A #9FAE2A #5DAE2A

triadic

#9FAE2A #2A9FAE #AE2A9F

tetradic

#9FAE2A #2AAE7B #392AAE #AE2A5D

square

#9FAE2A #2AAE7B #392AAE #AE2A5D

split-complementary

#9FAE2A #2A5DAE #7B2AAE

monochromatic

#454B12 #727D1E #9FAE2A #C2D243 #D2DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9FAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE2A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE2A	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.150 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc66e',
    500: '#9fae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae2a;
$custom-light: #bfc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE2A

secondary

#786FC5

accent

#44E456

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE2A

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

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