#9BAE33#9BAE33
#9BAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.146 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BAE33 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 174, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 55%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 71%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.64, -22.92, 57.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.64, 62.04, 111.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.31% -0.0682 0.1288) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.31% 0.146 117.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2518, 37.4800, 8.8247) |
| Luminance | 0.3748 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.36
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.59
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.67
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.83
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.88
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 2.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BAE33 #4633AE
analogous
#AE8433 #9BAE33 #5EAE33
triadic
#9BAE33 #339BAE #AE339B
tetradic
#9BAE33 #33AE84 #4633AE #AE335E
square
#9BAE33 #33AE84 #4633AE #AE335E
split-complementary
#9BAE33 #335EAE #8433AE
monochromatic
#474F17 #717F25 #9BAE33 #B9CC52 #CCDA81
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.47
#9BAE33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.50
#9BAE33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BAE33
8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BAE33 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BAE33 | 1.00 | 2.47 | 8.50 | 8.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA41E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A53D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4A496
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9bae33; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 174, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.146 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcc673',
500: '#9bae33',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9bae33; $custom-light: #bcc673; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9bae33",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 174,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.268,
"s": 54.667,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71314,
"c": 0.14575,
"h": 117.9
},
"luminance": 0.3748
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BAE33
secondary
#8579C3
accent
#4ADE61
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B