#9AB221#9AB221

#9AB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.160 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB221
RGB	rgb(154, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -26.13, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 69.47, 112.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0785 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.16 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5220, 38.8208, 7.3765)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB221 #3921B2

analogous

#B28221 #9AB221 #52B221

triadic

#9AB221 #219AB2 #B2219A

tetradic

#9AB221 #21B282 #3921B2 #B22152

square

#9AB221 #21B282 #3921B2 #B22152

split-complementary

#9AB221 #2152B2 #8221B2

monochromatic

#414B0E #6D7E17 #9AB221 #BFDA36 #CFE36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9AB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9AB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB221

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB221	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.160 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc96b',
    500: '#9ab221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab221;
$custom-light: #bcc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB221

secondary

#7666C9

accent

#3CEC59

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB221

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

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