#9FAE2C#9FAE2C

#9FAE2C 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 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE2C
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -21.59, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 64.23, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0654 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.149 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8895, 37.8253, 8.1088)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE2C #3B2CAE

analogous

#AE7C2C #9FAE2C #5EAE2C

triadic

#9FAE2C #2C9FAE #AE2C9F

tetradic

#9FAE2C #2CAE7C #3B2CAE #AE2C5E

square

#9FAE2C #2CAE7C #3B2CAE #AE2C5E

split-complementary

#9FAE2C #2C5EAE #7C2CAE

monochromatic

#464C13 #727D20 #9FAE2C #C1D047 #D1DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9FAE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE2C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE2C	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.149 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc66f',
    500: '#9fae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae2c;
$custom-light: #bfc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE2C

secondary

#7B71C5

accent

#45E357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE2C

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

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