#9FB229#9FB229

#9FB229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.155 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB229
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -23.71, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 66.87, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0715 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.155 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6195, 39.3722, 8.0839)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB229 #3C29B2

analogous

#B28029 #9FB229 #5BB229

triadic

#9FB229 #299FB2 #B2299F

tetradic

#9FB229 #29B280 #3C29B2 #B2295B

square

#9FB229 #29B280 #3C29B2 #B2295B

split-complementary

#9FB229 #295BB2 #8029B2

monochromatic

#464F12 #73801E #9FB229 #C0D444 #D1DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9FB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB229

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB229	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)

#BEA802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.155 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc96e',
    500: '#9fb229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb229;
$custom-light: #bfc96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.321,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72483,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB229

secondary

#7C70C7

accent

#42E659

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB229

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

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