#9FB238#9FB238

#9FB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB238
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -22.93, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 61.73, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.068 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.146 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9329, 39.4975, 9.7349)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB238 #4B38B2

analogous

#B28838 #9FB238 #62B238

triadic

#9FB238 #389FB2 #B2389F

tetradic

#9FB238 #38B288 #4B38B2 #B23862

square

#9FB238 #38B288 #4B38B2 #B23862

split-complementary

#9FB238 #3862B2 #8838B2

monochromatic

#4C551B #758329 #9FB238 #BACC5C #CEDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9FB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB238

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB238	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)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec976',
    500: '#9fb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb238;
$custom-light: #bec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB238

secondary

#8C81C5

accent

#4CDC63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB238

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

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