#9FBE3B#9FBE3B

#9FBE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.158 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBE3B
RGB	rgb(159, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -28.58, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 66.15, 115.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0834 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.158 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5014, 44.5136, 10.9639)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBE3B #5A3BBE

analogous

#BE9C3B #9FBE3B #5EBE3B

triadic

#9FBE3B #3B9FBE #BE3B9F

tetradic

#9FBE3B #3BBE9C #5A3BBE #BE3B5E

square

#9FBE3B #3BBE9C #5A3BBE #BE3B5E

split-complementary

#9FBE3B #3B5EBE #9C3BBE

monochromatic

#51611E #788F2C #9FBE3B #B7D067 #CDDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9FBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#9FBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBE3B

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBE3B	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.158 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd179',
    500: '#9fbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbe3b;
$custom-light: #bfd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.198,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBE3B

secondary

#9A8BCA

accent

#4CDC6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBE3B

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

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