#9FBD3C#9FBD3C
#9FBD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.156 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9FBD3C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 189, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 52%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 68%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.29, -28.04, 58.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.29, 65.32, 115.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.15% -0.0818 0.1329) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.15% 0.156 121.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.3117, 44.0923, 11.0298) |
| Luminance | 0.4409 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 1.73
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.21
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.92
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.05
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.41
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9FBD3C #5A3CBD
analogous
#BD9B3C #9FBD3C #5FBD3C
triadic
#9FBD3C #3C9FBD #BD3C9F
tetradic
#9FBD3C #3CBD9B #5A3CBD #BD3C5F
square
#9FBD3C #3CBD9B #5A3CBD #BD3C5F
split-complementary
#9FBD3C #3C5FBD #9B3CBD
monochromatic
#51601F #788F2D #9FBD3C #B7CF67 #CDDE96
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#9FBD3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.82
#9FBD3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9FBD3C
9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9FBD3C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9FBD3C | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.82 | 9.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B229
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B146
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7B3A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9fbd3c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.156 121.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bed179',
500: '#9fbd3c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9fbd3c; $custom-light: #bed179; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9fbd3c",
"rgb": {
"r": 159,
"g": 189,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 73.953,
"s": 51.807,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75153,
"c": 0.15608,
"h": 121.6
},
"luminance": 0.44092
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9FBD3C
secondary
#9A8CC9
accent
#4DDB6E
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#12140A
muted
#81827C