#9FBD2A#9FBD2A

#9FBD2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.167 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBD2A
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -28.99, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 71.29, 113.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0859 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.167 121)
XYZ	xyz(32.9142, 43.9333, 8.9360)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBD2A #482ABD

analogous

#BD912A #9FBD2A #55BD2A

triadic

#9FBD2A #2A9FBD #BD2A9F

tetradic

#9FBD2A #2ABD91 #482ABD #BD2A55

square

#9FBD2A #2ABD91 #482ABD #BD2A55

split-complementary

#9FBD2A #2A55BD #912ABD

monochromatic

#4B5914 #758B1F #9FBD2A #BBD74D #CEE37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9FBD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9FBD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBD2A

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBD2A	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.167 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd070',
    500: '#9fbd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbd2a;
$custom-light: #bfd070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.43933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBD2A

secondary

#8978CB

accent

#41E763

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBD2A

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

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