#9BB31C#9BB31C

#9BB31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.163 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB31C
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -26.36, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 71.02, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0795 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.163 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8480, 39.2928, 7.1102)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB31C #341CB3

analogous

#B37F1C #9BB31C #50B31C

triadic

#9BB31C #1C9BB3 #B31C9B

tetradic

#9BB31C #1CB37F #341CB3 #B31C50

square

#9BB31C #1CB37F #341CB3 #B31C50

split-complementary

#9BB31C #1C50B3 #7F1CB3

monochromatic

#3F490B #6D7E14 #9BB31C #C2DE2E #D2E763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9BB31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9BB31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB31C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB31C	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)

#BCA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.163 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc969',
    500: '#9bb31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb31c;
$custom-light: #bdc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.536,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB31C

secondary

#715FCB

accent

#38F055

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB31C

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

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