#9FB23E#9FB23E

#9FB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB23E
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -22.55, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 59.39, 112.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0664 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.141 118)
XYZ	xyz(31.0886, 39.5598, 10.5545)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB23E #513EB2

analogous

#B28B3E #9FB23E #65B23E

triadic

#9FB23E #3E9FB2 #B23E9F

tetradic

#9FB23E #3EB28B #513EB2 #B23E65

square

#9FB23E #3EB28B #513EB2 #B23E65

split-complementary

#9FB23E #3E65B2 #8B3EB2

monochromatic

#4E571E #76852E #9FB23E #B9C964 #CDD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9FB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB23E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB23E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec979',
    500: '#9fb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb23e;
$custom-light: #bec979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.828,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB23E

secondary

#9288C4

accent

#50D866

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB23E

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

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