#9BB416#9BB416

#9BB416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.166 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB416
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -27.01, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 72.67, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0816 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.166 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9844, 39.6692, 6.8362)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB416 #2F16B4

analogous

#B47E16 #9BB416 #4CB416

triadic

#9BB416 #169BB4 #B4169B

tetradic

#9BB416 #16B47E #2F16B4 #B4164C

square

#9BB416 #16B47E #2F16B4 #B4164C

split-complementary

#9BB416 #164CB4 #7E16B4

monochromatic

#3D4709 #6C7D0F #9BB416 #C6E423 #D4EB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9BB416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9BB416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB416

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB416	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.166 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca68',
    500: '#9bb416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb416;
$custom-light: #bdca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.494,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB416

secondary

#6A58CE

accent

#33F552

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB416

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

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