#9AB316#9AB316

#9AB316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.166 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB316
RGB	rgb(154, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(70, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(70, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -26.95, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 72.34, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0814 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.166 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5920, 39.1683, 6.7602)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB316 #2F16B3

analogous

#B37E16 #9AB316 #4CB316

triadic

#9AB316 #169AB3 #B3169A

tetradic

#9AB316 #16B37E #2F16B3 #B3164C

square

#9AB316 #16B37E #2F16B3 #B3164C

split-complementary

#9AB316 #164CB3 #7E16B3

monochromatic

#3C4609 #6B7C0F #9AB316 #C5E422 #D3EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9AB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9AB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB316

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB316	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.166 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc967',
    500: '#9ab316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab316;
$custom-light: #bcc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.554,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB316

secondary

#6A57CE

accent

#33F552

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB316

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

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