#9FAE2F#9FAE2F

#9FAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.147 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE2F
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -21.44, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 63.22, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0647 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.147 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9480, 37.8487, 8.4167)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE2F #3E2FAE

analogous

#AE7D2F #9FAE2F #5FAE2F

triadic

#9FAE2F #2F9FAE #AE2F9F

tetradic

#9FAE2F #2FAE7D #3E2FAE #AE2F5F

square

#9FAE2F #2FAE7D #3E2FAE #AE2F5F

split-complementary

#9FAE2F #2F5FAE #7D2FAE

monochromatic

#474E15 #737E22 #9FAE2F #BFCF4C #D0DC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9FAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE2F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE2F	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)

#BAA516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.147 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc671',
    500: '#9fae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae2f;
$custom-light: #bfc671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.087,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71601,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE2F

secondary

#7E75C4

accent

#47E159

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE2F

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

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