#9BB316#9BB316

#9BB316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.165 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB316
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -26.53, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 72.27, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0803 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.165 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7832, 39.2669, 6.7692)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB316 #2E16B3

analogous

#B37D16 #9BB316 #4DB316

triadic

#9BB316 #169BB3 #B3169B

tetradic

#9BB316 #16B37D #2E16B3 #B3164D

square

#9BB316 #16B37D #2E16B3 #B3164D

split-complementary

#9BB316 #164DB3 #7D16B3

monochromatic

#3D4609 #6C7C0F #9BB316 #C6E422 #D4EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9BB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9BB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB316

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB316	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.165 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc967',
    500: '#9bb316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb316;
$custom-light: #bdc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB316

secondary

#6957CE

accent

#33F551

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB316

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

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