#9BAA1B#9BAA1B

#9BAA1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.154 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAA1B
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -21.97, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 67.64, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0675 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0909, 35.7976, 6.4665)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAA1B #2A1BAA

analogous

#AA711B #9BAA1B #53AA1B

triadic

#9BAA1B #1B9BAA #AA1B9B

tetradic

#9BAA1B #1BAA71 #2A1BAA #AA1B53

square

#9BAA1B #1BAA71 #2A1BAA #AA1B53

split-complementary

#9BAA1B #1B53AA #711BAA

monochromatic

#3B400A #6B7513 #9BAA1B #C9DC26 #D6E55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9BAA1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#9BAA1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAA1B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAA1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAA1B	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baa1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc368',
    500: '#9baa1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baa1b;
$custom-light: #bcc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baa1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAA1B

secondary

#6458C9

accent

#39EF4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAA1B

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

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