#9FB53B#9FB53B

#9FB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.147 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB53B
RGB	rgb(159, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(71, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -24.22, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 61.96, 113.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0713 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.147 119)
XYZ	xyz(31.6119, 40.7347, 10.3341)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB53B #513BB5

analogous

#B58E3B #9FB53B #62B53B

triadic

#9FB53B #3B9FB5 #B53B9F

tetradic

#9FB53B #3BB58E #513BB5 #B53B62

square

#9FB53B #3BB58E #513BB5 #B53B62

split-complementary

#9FB53B #3B62B5 #8E3BB5

monochromatic

#4E591D #76872C #9FB53B #B9CC62 #CDDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9FB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#9FB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB53B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB53B	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.147 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#becb78',
    500: '#9fb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb53b;
$custom-light: #becb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.82,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB53B

secondary

#9286C6

accent

#4DDA67

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB53B

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

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