#9FAE2B#9FAE2B

#9FAE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.149 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE2B
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -21.63, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 64.56, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0656 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.149 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8710, 37.8179, 8.0110)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE2B #3A2BAE

analogous

#AE7B2B #9FAE2B #5EAE2B

triadic

#9FAE2B #2B9FAE #AE2B9F

tetradic

#9FAE2B #2BAE7B #3A2BAE #AE2B5E

square

#9FAE2B #2BAE7B #3A2BAE #AE2B5E

split-complementary

#9FAE2B #2B5EAE #7B2BAE

monochromatic

#454C13 #727D1F #9FAE2B #C1D145 #D1DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9FAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE2B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE2B	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)

#BAA50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.149 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc66f',
    500: '#9fae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae2b;
$custom-light: #bfc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.87,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE2B

secondary

#7A70C5

accent

#44E457

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE2B

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

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