#9FBC2A#9FBC2A

#9FBC2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.166 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBC2A
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -28.51, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 70.85, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0846 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.166 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6998, 43.5046, 8.8646)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBC2A #472ABC

analogous

#BC902A #9FBC2A #56BC2A

triadic

#9FBC2A #2A9FBC #BC2A9F

tetradic

#9FBC2A #2ABC90 #472ABC #BC2A56

square

#9FBC2A #2ABC90 #472ABC #BC2A56

split-complementary

#9FBC2A #2A56BC #902ABC

monochromatic

#4A5814 #758A1F #9FBC2A #BBD74C #CEE27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9FBC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#9FBC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBC2A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBC2A	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbc2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.166 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd070',
    500: '#9fbc2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbc2a;
$custom-light: #bfd070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbc2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBC2A

secondary

#8877CB

accent

#41E762

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBC2A

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

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