#9BAE21#9BAE21

#9BAE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.156 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAE21
RGB	rgb(155, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -23.75, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 67.74, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.072 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.156 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9289, 37.3508, 7.1240)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAE21 #3421AE

analogous

#AE7A21 #9BAE21 #54AE21

triadic

#9BAE21 #219BAE #AE219B

tetradic

#9BAE21 #21AE7A #3421AE #AE2154

square

#9BAE21 #21AE7A #3421AE #AE2154

split-complementary

#9BAE21 #2154AE #7A21AE

monochromatic

#3F470D #6D7B17 #9BAE21 #C2D834 #D2E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9BAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9BAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAE21

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAE21	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.156 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc66a',
    500: '#9bae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bae21;
$custom-light: #bcc66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAE21

secondary

#7163C8

accent

#3DEB54

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAE21

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

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