#9FAE4E#9FAE4E

#9FAE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAE4E
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -19.30, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 50.57, 112.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0556 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.123 117)
XYZ	xyz(30.8097, 38.1934, 12.9553)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAE4E #5D4EAE

analogous

#AE8D4E #9FAE4E #6FAE4E

triadic

#9FAE4E #4E9FAE #AE4E9F

tetradic

#9FAE4E #4EAE8D #5D4EAE #AE4E6F

square

#9FAE4E #4EAE8D #5D4EAE #AE4E6F

split-complementary

#9FAE4E #4E6FAE #8D4EAE

monochromatic

#525928 #78843B #9FAE4E #B6C277 #CDD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9FAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAE4E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAE4E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc683',
    500: '#9fae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fae4e;
$custom-light: #bdc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71886,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAE4E

secondary

#9D96C2

accent

#5ACE6C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAE4E

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

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