#9FB316#9FB316

#9FB316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.164 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB316
RGB	rgb(159, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -24.83, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 72.00, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0758 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.164 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5638, 39.6694, 6.8058)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB316 #2A16B3

analogous

#B37816 #9FB316 #51B316

triadic

#9FB316 #169FB3 #B3169F

tetradic

#9FB316 #16B378 #2A16B3 #B31651

square

#9FB316 #16B378 #2A16B3 #B31651

split-complementary

#9FB316 #1651B3 #7816B3

monochromatic

#3E4609 #6F7C0F #9FB316 #CBE422 #D8EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9FB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB316

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB316	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.164 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c967',
    500: '#9fb316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb316;
$custom-light: #c0c967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.643,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB316

secondary

#6657CE

accent

#33F54C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB316

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

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