#9FB231#9FB231

#9FB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.150 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB231
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -23.32, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 64.26, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0698 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.15 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7735, 39.4338, 8.8955)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB231 #4431B2

analogous

#B28531 #9FB231 #5FB231

triadic

#9FB231 #319FB2 #B2319F

tetradic

#9FB231 #31B285 #4431B2 #B2315F

square

#9FB231 #31B285 #4431B2 #B2315F

split-complementary

#9FB231 #315FB2 #8531B2

monochromatic

#495217 #748224 #9FB231 #BDCF51 #CFDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9FB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB231

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB231	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.150 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc972',
    500: '#9fb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb231;
$custom-light: #bfc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB231

secondary

#8579C5

accent

#48E05E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB231

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

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