#9CB033#9CB033

#9CB033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.148 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB033
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -23.49, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 62.87, 111.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0699 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.148 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8338, 38.3579, 8.9635)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB033 #4733B0

analogous

#B08633 #9CB033 #5EB033

triadic

#9CB033 #339CB0 #B0339C

tetradic

#9CB033 #33B086 #4733B0 #B0335E

square

#9CB033 #33B086 #4733B0 #B0335E

split-complementary

#9CB033 #335EB0 #8633B0

monochromatic

#485118 #728125 #9CB033 #BACD53 #CDDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CB033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#9CB033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB033

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB033	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.148 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc773',
    500: '#9cb033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb033;
$custom-light: #bcc773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB033

secondary

#867BC4

accent

#49DE61

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB033

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

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