#9FAE3A#9FAE3A

#9FAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE3A
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -20.81, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 59.15, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0619 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.139 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1985, 37.9489, 9.7362)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE3A #493AAE

analogous

#AE833A #9FAE3A #65AE3A

triadic

#9FAE3A #3A9FAE #AE3A9F

tetradic

#9FAE3A #3AAE83 #493AAE #AE3A65

square

#9FAE3A #3AAE83 #493AAE #AE3A65

split-complementary

#9FAE3A #3A65AE #833AAE

monochromatic

#4B521B #75802B #9FAE3A #BBC95C #CED88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9FAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE3A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE3A	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec677',
    500: '#9fae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae3a;
$custom-light: #bec677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.759,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71684,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE3A

secondary

#8A81C2

accent

#4EDA60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE3A

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

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