#9FBE37#9FBE37

#9FBE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.161 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBE37
RGB	rgb(159, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -28.81, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 67.58, 115.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0844 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.161 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4016, 44.4736, 10.4383)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBE37 #5637BE

analogous

#BE9937 #9FBE37 #5BBE37

triadic

#9FBE37 #379FBE #BE379F

tetradic

#9FBE37 #37BE99 #5637BE #BE375B

square

#9FBE37 #37BE99 #5637BE #BE375B

split-complementary

#9FBE37 #375BBE #9937BE

monochromatic

#505F1C #778F29 #9FBE37 #B7D161 #CDDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9FBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#9FBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBE37

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBE37	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.161 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd177',
    500: '#9fbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbe37;
$custom-light: #bfd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBE37

secondary

#9687CA

accent

#49DE6C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBE37

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

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