#9FAF37#9FAF37

#9FAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.143 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAF37
RGB	rgb(159, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -21.50, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 60.76, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0641 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.143 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3183, 38.3071, 9.4105)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAF37 #4737AF

analogous

#AF8337 #9FAF37 #63AF37

triadic

#9FAF37 #379FAF #AF379F

tetradic

#9FAF37 #37AF83 #4737AF #AF3763

square

#9FAF37 #37AF83 #4737AF #AF3763

split-complementary

#9FAF37 #3763AF #8337AF

monochromatic

#4A521A #758028 #9FAF37 #BBCB59 #CED987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9FAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAF37

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAF37	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec675',
    500: '#9faf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faf37;
$custom-light: #bec675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71888,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAF37

secondary

#887FC3

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAF37

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

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