#9FB421#9FB421

#9FB421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.161 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB421
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -25.00, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 69.95, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0756 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.161 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8946, 40.1236, 7.5556)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB421 #3621B4

analogous

#B47F21 #9FB421 #56B421

triadic

#9FB421 #219FB4 #B4219F

tetradic

#9FB421 #21B47F #3621B4 #B42156

square

#9FB421 #21B47F #3621B4 #B42156

split-complementary

#9FB421 #2156B4 #7F21B4

monochromatic

#444D0E #718018 #9FB421 #C3DA38 #D3E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9FB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9FB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB421

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB421	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.161 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca6b',
    500: '#9fb421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb421;
$custom-light: #bfca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB421

secondary

#7567CA

accent

#3CEC55

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB421

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

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