#9AB417#9AB417

#9AB417 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.166 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB417
RGB	rgb(154, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(70, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(70, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -27.41, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 72.56, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0826 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.166 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8030, 39.5746, 6.8790)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB417 #3117B4

analogous

#B47F17 #9AB417 #4CB417

triadic

#9AB417 #179AB4 #B4179A

tetradic

#9AB417 #17B47F #3117B4 #B4174C

square

#9AB417 #17B47F #3117B4 #B4174C

split-complementary

#9AB417 #174CB4 #7F17B4

monochromatic

#3D4709 #6C7E10 #9AB417 #C4E325 #D2EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9AB417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9AB417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB417

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB417	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.166 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca68',
    500: '#9ab417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab417;
$custom-light: #bcca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.936,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB417

secondary

#6C59CE

accent

#34F454

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB417

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

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