#9FB42E#9FB42E

#9FB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.154 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB42E
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -24.46, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 66.14, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0732 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.154 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1132, 40.2110, 8.7067)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB42E #432EB4

analogous

#B4862E #9FB42E #5CB42E

triadic

#9FB42E #2E9FB4 #B42E9F

tetradic

#9FB42E #2EB486 #432EB4 #B42E5C

square

#9FB42E #2EB486 #432EB4 #B42E5C

split-complementary

#9FB42E #2E5CB4 #862EB4

monochromatic

#495315 #748322 #9FB42E #BDD24E #CFDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9FB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#9FB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB42E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB42E	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)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.154 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca71',
    500: '#9fb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb42e;
$custom-light: #bfca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB42E

secondary

#8477C7

accent

#45E25E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB42E

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