#9BB221#9BB221

#9BB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.160 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB221
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -25.71, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 69.40, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0774 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.16 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7132, 38.9194, 7.3854)
Luminance	0.3892 (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

#9BB221 #3821B2

analogous

#B28121 #9BB221 #53B221

triadic

#9BB221 #219BB2 #B2219B

tetradic

#9BB221 #21B281 #3821B2 #B22153

square

#9BB221 #21B281 #3821B2 #B22153

split-complementary

#9BB221 #2153B2 #8121B2

monochromatic

#414B0E #6E7E17 #9BB221 #C0DA36 #D0E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9BB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9BB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB221

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB221	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.160 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc96b',
    500: '#9bb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb221;
$custom-light: #bcc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.517,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB221

secondary

#7566C9

accent

#3CEC58

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB221

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

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