#9FB23A#9FB23A

#9FB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.144 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB23A
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -22.81, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 60.96, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0675 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.144 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9828, 39.5175, 9.9976)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB23A #4D3AB2

analogous

#B2893A #9FB23A #63B23A

triadic

#9FB23A #3A9FB2 #B23A9F

tetradic

#9FB23A #3AB289 #4D3AB2 #B23A63

square

#9FB23A #3AB289 #4D3AB2 #B23A63

split-complementary

#9FB23A #3A63B2 #893AB2

monochromatic

#4D561C #76842B #9FB23A #BACB5F #CEDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9FB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB23A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB23A	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)

#BEA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.144 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec977',
    500: '#9fb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb23a;
$custom-light: #bec977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB23A

secondary

#8E83C4

accent

#4DDA64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB23A

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

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