#9BB31A#9BB31A

#9BB31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.164 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB31A
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -26.42, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 71.46, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0798 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.164 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8248, 39.2836, 6.9884)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB31A #321AB3

analogous

#B37F1A #9BB31A #4EB31A

triadic

#9BB31A #1A9BB3 #B31A9B

tetradic

#9BB31A #1AB37F #321AB3 #B31A4E

square

#9BB31A #1AB37F #321AB3 #B31A4E

split-complementary

#9BB31A #1A4EB3 #7F1AB3

monochromatic

#3E480A #6D7E12 #9BB31A #C4E02A #D2E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9BB31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9BB31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB31A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB31A	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.164 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc969',
    500: '#9bb31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb31a;
$custom-light: #bdc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB31A

secondary

#6E5DCC

accent

#37F154

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB31A

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

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