#9FB236#9FB236

#9FB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.147 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB236
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -23.05, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 62.47, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0685 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.147 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8850, 39.4784, 9.4824)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB236 #4936B2

analogous

#B28736 #9FB236 #61B236

triadic

#9FB236 #369FB2 #B2369F

tetradic

#9FB236 #36B287 #4936B2 #B23661

square

#9FB236 #36B287 #4936B2 #B23661

split-complementary

#9FB236 #3661B2 #8736B2

monochromatic

#4B541A #758328 #9FB236 #BBCD59 #CEDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9FB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB236

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB236	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec975',
    500: '#9fb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb236;
$custom-light: #bec975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB236

secondary

#8A7FC5

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB236

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

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