#9FCA38#9FCA38

#9FCA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.174 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCA38
RGB	rgb(159, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -34.37, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 72.80, 118.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0996 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.174 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1327, 49.8971, 11.4681)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCA38 #6338CA

analogous

#CAAC38 #9FCA38 #56CA38

triadic

#9FCA38 #389FCA #CA389F

tetradic

#9FCA38 #38CAAC #6338CA #CA3856

square

#9FCA38 #38CAAC #6338CA #CA3856

split-complementary

#9FCA38 #3856CA #AC38CA

monochromatic

#546B1D #7A9B29 #9FCA38 #B6D768 #CEE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9FCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9FCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCA38

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCA38	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.174 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfda78',
    500: '#9fca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fca38;
$custom-light: #bfda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.671,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78147,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCA38

secondary

#A28ECF

accent

#47E174

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCA38

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

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