#9BAA21#9BAA21

#9BAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.151 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAA21
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -21.77, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 66.11, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0666 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.151 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1676, 35.8282, 6.8702)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAA21 #3021AA

analogous

#AA7421 #9BAA21 #57AA21

triadic

#9BAA21 #219BAA #AA219B

tetradic

#9BAA21 #21AA74 #3021AA #AA2157

square

#9BAA21 #21AA74 #3021AA #AA2157

split-complementary

#9BAA21 #2157AA #7421AA

monochromatic

#3E430D #6C7717 #9BAA21 #C5D731 #D3E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9BAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9BAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAA21

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAA21	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.151 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc36a',
    500: '#9baa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baa21;
$custom-light: #bcc36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.569,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAA21

secondary

#6C61C6

accent

#3DEA50

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAA21

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

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