#9FB70ACitrus (#9FB70A) is a light, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 119°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.171. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #9FB70A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(159, 183, 10) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 90%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 95%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13%, 0%, 95%, 28%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(70.4 -27 70.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.735 0.171 119) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Citrus shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#a7b200 — ΔE 1.6, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#a5b700 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#9fb70a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#9fb80f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Citrus in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.27:1 and against black 9.25:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e8ff92 · #bfd756 · #9fb70a · #758700 · #536100 · #343d00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#8ae8a2 · #91d169 · #9fb70a · #a89900 · #a67e00 · #9e6500
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#9fb70a · #4f9c84 · #667700 · #00604b · #333c00 · #00251b
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e9fab2 · #c8d1ac · #9fb70a · #8053c5 · #444f10 · #2a3109
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f3efff · #9fb70a · #8b917a · #56535f · #21260e · #010004
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f3f0fb · #cac6d4 · #9d99a8 · #241f30 · #05010d · #9fb70a
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b0e0df · #9fb70a · #b52de8 · #4b6c4b · #263552 · #200616
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f3efff · #9fb70a · #6c88e1 · #852483 · #0c0f67 · #060006
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e5f4ff · #9fb70a · #1f97d7 · #981354 · #460022 · #00050f
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d7f9ff · #9fb70a · #00a0b2 · #6435a5 · #4a0000 · #040011
#ACC246 · #B9CE68 · #C7D986 · #D5E4A1 · #E3EFBC
#829600 · #667600 · #4B5800 · #323B00 · #1B2000
#A1B54A · #A3B26A · #A5AF83
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.