#9FB429#9FB429
#9FB429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.157 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FB429 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 180, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 63%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 77%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.59, -24.69, 63.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.59, 67.72, 111.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.94% -0.0742 0.1384) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.94% 0.157 118.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.0203, 40.1738, 8.2176) |
| Luminance | 0.4017 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 1.78
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.06
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 2.18
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.27
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.43
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FB429 #3E29B4
analogous
#B48329 #9FB429 #59B429
triadic
#9FB429 #299FB4 #B4299F
tetradic
#9FB429 #29B483 #3E29B4 #B42959
square
#9FB429 #29B483 #3E29B4 #B42959
split-complementary
#9FB429 #2959B4 #8329B4
monochromatic
#475012 #73821E #9FB429 #BFD545 #D0E077
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.32
#9FB429 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.03
#9FB429 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FB429
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FB429 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FB429 | 1.00 | 2.32 | 9.03 | 9.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.32 | 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)
#BEAB36
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9AA9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fb429; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.157 118.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfca6f',
500: '#9fb429',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fb429; $custom-light: #bfca6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fb429",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 180,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.065,
"s": 62.896,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72944,
"c": 0.15701,
"h": 118.2
},
"luminance": 0.40174
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FB429
secondary
#7E71C8
accent
#42E65B
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131308
muted
#82827B