#9BAA23#9BAA23

#9BAA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.150 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAA23
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -21.69, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 65.55, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0662 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.15 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1965, 35.8398, 7.0222)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAA23 #3223AA

analogous

#AA7623 #9BAA23 #57AA23

triadic

#9BAA23 #239BAA #AA239B

tetradic

#9BAA23 #23AA76 #3223AA #AA2357

square

#9BAA23 #23AA76 #3223AA #AA2357

split-complementary

#9BAA23 #2357AA #7623AA

monochromatic

#3E440E #6D7719 #9BAA23 #C4D535 #D2E068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9BAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9BAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAA23

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAA23	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)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.150 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc36b',
    500: '#9baa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baa23;
$custom-light: #bcc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70291,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAA23

secondary

#6E63C6

accent

#3FE952

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAA23

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →