#9CB121#9CB121

#9CB121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.159 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB121
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 81.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -24.80, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 68.91, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0749 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.159 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7077, 38.6223, 7.3284)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB121 #3621B1

analogous

#B17E21 #9CB121 #54B121

triadic

#9CB121 #219CB1 #B1219C

tetradic

#9CB121 #21B17E #3621B1 #B12154

square

#9CB121 #21B17E #3621B1 #B12154

split-complementary

#9CB121 #2154B1 #7E21B1

monochromatic

#414A0E #6F7D17 #9CB121 #C2D936 #D1E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CB121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#9CB121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB121

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB121	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.159 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc86b',
    500: '#9cb121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb121;
$custom-light: #bdc86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB121

secondary

#7465C9

accent

#3CEB56

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB121

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

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