#9FB227#9FB227

#9FB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.156 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB227
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -23.79, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 67.47, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0719 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.156 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5854, 39.3585, 7.9048)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB227 #3A27B2

analogous

#B27F27 #9FB227 #5AB227

triadic

#9FB227 #279FB2 #B2279F

tetradic

#9FB227 #27B27F #3A27B2 #B2275A

square

#9FB227 #27B27F #3A27B2 #B2275A

split-complementary

#9FB227 #275AB2 #7F27B2

monochromatic

#454E11 #72801C #9FB227 #C1D541 #D1E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9FB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB227

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB227	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.156 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc86d',
    500: '#9fb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb227;
$custom-light: #bfc86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.201,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB227

secondary

#7A6DC8

accent

#41E757

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB227

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

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