#9CB016#9CB016

#9CB016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.162 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB016
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 87.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -24.64, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 71.02, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0752 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.162 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3812, 38.1768, 6.5800)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB016 #2A16B0

analogous

#B07716 #9CB016 #4FB016

triadic

#9CB016 #169CB0 #B0169C

tetradic

#9CB016 #16B077 #2A16B0 #B0164F

square

#9CB016 #16B077 #2A16B0 #B0164F

split-complementary

#9CB016 #164FB0 #7716B0

monochromatic

#3C4308 #6C7A0F #9CB016 #CAE320 #D7EA56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CB016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9CB016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB016

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB016	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.162 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc767',
    500: '#9cb016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb016;
$custom-light: #bdc767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB016

secondary

#6555CD

accent

#34F44D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB016

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

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