#9FBD38#9FBD38

#9FBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.159 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9FBD38
RGBrgb(159, 189, 56)
HSLhsl(74, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(74, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(15.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.26, -28.28, 60.48)
CIE-LCHlch(72.26, 66.76, 115.06°)
OKLaboklab(75.12% -0.0828 0.1354)
OKLCHoklch(75.12% 0.159 121.4)
XYZxyz(33.2100, 44.0516, 10.4939)
Luminance0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9FBD38 #5638BD
analogous
#BD9838 #9FBD38 #5CBD38
triadic
#9FBD38 #389FBD #BD389F
tetradic
#9FBD38 #38BD98 #5638BD #BD385C
square
#9FBD38 #38BD98 #5638BD #BD385C
split-complementary
#9FBD38 #385CBD #9838BD
monochromatic
#505F1C #778E2A #9FBD38 #B7D062 #CDDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#9FBD38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81
#9FBD38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBD38
9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9FBD38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9FBD381.002.149.819.81
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8121.001.001.00
##0000009.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B222
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B143
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8B3A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9fbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.159 121.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd177',
    500: '#9fbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9fbd38;
$custom-light: #bfd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9fbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.534,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9FBD38
secondary
#9687C9
accent
#4ADE6B
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#131409
muted
#82827B

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#9FBD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva