#9BAE23#9BAE23

#9BAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.155 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAE23
RGB	rgb(155, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -23.68, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 67.20, 110.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0717 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.155 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9577, 37.3623, 7.2759)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAE23 #3623AE

analogous

#AE7B23 #9BAE23 #56AE23

triadic

#9BAE23 #239BAE #AE239B

tetradic

#9BAE23 #23AE7B #3623AE #AE2356

square

#9BAE23 #23AE7B #3623AE #AE2356

split-complementary

#9BAE23 #2356AE #7B23AE

monochromatic

#40480F #6E7B19 #9BAE23 #C1D737 #D1E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9BAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9BAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAE23

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAE23	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)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.155 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc66b',
    500: '#9bae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bae23;
$custom-light: #bcc66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.201,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAE23

secondary

#7366C7

accent

#3EE956

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAE23

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

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