#9FB422#9FB422

#9FB422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.160 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB422
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -24.96, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 69.69, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0755 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.16 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9088, 40.1292, 7.6305)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB422 #3722B4

analogous

#B48022 #9FB422 #56B422

triadic

#9FB422 #229FB4 #B4229F

tetradic

#9FB422 #22B480 #3722B4 #B42256

square

#9FB422 #22B480 #3722B4 #B42256

split-complementary

#9FB422 #2256B4 #8022B4

monochromatic

#444D0F #728118 #9FB422 #C3DA3A #D2E36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9FB422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#9FB422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB422

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB422	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	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: #9fb422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.160 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca6c',
    500: '#9fb422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb422;
$custom-light: #bfca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.63,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB422

secondary

#7668CA

accent

#3DEB56

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB422

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

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