#9FAE37#9FAE37

#9FAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.142 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE37
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -21.00, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 60.31, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0627 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.142 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1244, 37.9193, 9.3459)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE37 #4637AE

analogous

#AE8237 #9FAE37 #64AE37

triadic

#9FAE37 #379FAE #AE379F

tetradic

#9FAE37 #37AE82 #4637AE #AE3764

square

#9FAE37 #37AE82 #4637AE #AE3764

split-complementary

#9FAE37 #3764AE #8237AE

monochromatic

#4A511A #757F28 #9FAE37 #BCCA58 #CFD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE37

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE37	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.142 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec675',
    500: '#9fae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae37;
$custom-light: #bec675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE37

secondary

#877EC3

accent

#4CDB5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE37

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

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