#9FAE2D#9FAE2D

#9FAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.148 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE2D
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -21.54, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 63.90, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0652 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.148 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9086, 37.8329, 8.2090)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE2D #3C2DAE

analogous

#AE7D2D #9FAE2D #5EAE2D

triadic

#9FAE2D #2D9FAE #AE2D9F

tetradic

#9FAE2D #2DAE7D #3C2DAE #AE2D5E

square

#9FAE2D #2DAE7D #3C2DAE #AE2D5E

split-complementary

#9FAE2D #2D5EAE #7D2DAE

monochromatic

#464D14 #737D20 #9FAE2D #C0D048 #D1DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9FAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE2D

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE2D	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)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.148 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc670',
    500: '#9fae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae2d;
$custom-light: #bfc670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.977,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE2D

secondary

#7C72C4

accent

#46E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE2D

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

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