#9FB221#9FB221

#9FB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.159 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB221
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -24.02, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 69.13, 110.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.073 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.159 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4938, 39.3219, 7.4220)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB221 #3421B2

analogous

#B27D21 #9FB221 #57B221

triadic

#9FB221 #219FB2 #B2219F

tetradic

#9FB221 #21B27D #3421B2 #B22157

square

#9FB221 #21B27D #3421B2 #B22157

split-complementary

#9FB221 #2157B2 #7D21B2

monochromatic

#434B0E #717E17 #9FB221 #C4DA36 #D3E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9FB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB221

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB221	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.159 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc86b',
    500: '#9fb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb221;
$custom-light: #bfc86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.862,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB221

secondary

#7366C9

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB221

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

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