#9FB22C#9FB22C

#9FB22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.153 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB22C
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -23.57, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 65.93, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0709 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.153 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6738, 39.3939, 8.3703)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB22C #3F2CB2

analogous

#B2822C #9FB22C #5CB22C

triadic

#9FB22C #2C9FB2 #B22C9F

tetradic

#9FB22C #2CB282 #3F2CB2 #B22C5C

square

#9FB22C #2CB282 #3F2CB2 #B22C5C

split-complementary

#9FB22C #2C5CB2 #822CB2

monochromatic

#475014 #738120 #9FB22C #BFD249 #D0DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9FB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB22C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB22C	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)

#BEA80C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.153 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc970',
    500: '#9fb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb22c;
$custom-light: #bfc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB22C

secondary

#7F73C6

accent

#44E45B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB22C

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

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