#9FB42C#9FB42C

#9FB42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.155 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB42C
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -24.55, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 66.79, 111.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0736 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.155 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0747, 40.1956, 8.5039)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB42C #412CB4

analogous

#B4852C #9FB42C #5BB42C

triadic

#9FB42C #2C9FB4 #B42C9F

tetradic

#9FB42C #2CB485 #412CB4 #B42C5B

square

#9FB42C #2CB485 #412CB4 #B42C5B

split-complementary

#9FB42C #2C5BB4 #852CB4

monochromatic

#485214 #748320 #9FB42C #BED34A #D0DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9FB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#9FB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB42C

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB42C	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.155 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca70',
    500: '#9fb42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb42c;
$custom-light: #bfca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72962,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB42C

secondary

#8175C7

accent

#44E45D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB42C

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

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