#9FB22A#9FB22A

#9FB22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.154 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB22A
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -23.66, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 66.56, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0713 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.154 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6371, 39.3792, 8.1770)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB22A #3D2AB2

analogous

#B2812A #9FB22A #5BB22A

triadic

#9FB22A #2A9FB2 #B22A9F

tetradic

#9FB22A #2AB281 #3D2AB2 #B22A5B

square

#9FB22A #2AB281 #3D2AB2 #B22A5B

split-complementary

#9FB22A #2A5BB2 #812AB2

monochromatic

#474F13 #73801E #9FB22A #C0D346 #D1DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9FB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB22A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB22A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.154 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc96f',
    500: '#9fb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb22a;
$custom-light: #bfc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.382,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB22A

secondary

#7D71C7

accent

#43E55A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB22A

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

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