#9FB042#9FB042

#9FB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB042
RGB	rgb(159, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -21.27, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 56.81, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0624 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.136 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8074, 38.8153, 11.0224)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB042 #5342B0

analogous

#B08A42 #9FB042 #68B042

triadic

#9FB042 #429FB0 #B0429F

tetradic

#9FB042 #42B08A #5342B0 #B04268

square

#9FB042 #42B08A #5342B0 #B04268

split-complementary

#9FB042 #4268B0 #8A42B0

monochromatic

#4F5721 #778331 #9FB042 #B8C769 #CDD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9FB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB042

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB042	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec77b',
    500: '#9fb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb042;
$custom-light: #bec77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.273,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB042

secondary

#948BC3

accent

#53D567

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB042

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

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