#9CB12B#9CB12B

#9CB12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.154 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB12B
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -24.39, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 66.02, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0731 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.154 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8692, 38.6869, 8.1788)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB12B #402BB1

analogous

#B1832B #9CB12B #59B12B

triadic

#9CB12B #2B9CB1 #B12B9C

tetradic

#9CB12B #2BB183 #402BB1 #B12B59

square

#9CB12B #2BB183 #402BB1 #B12B59

split-complementary

#9CB12B #2B59B1 #832BB1

monochromatic

#454F13 #71801F #9CB12B #BCD247 #CEDE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CB12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9CB12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB12B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB12B	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.154 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc86f',
    500: '#9cb12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb12b;
$custom-light: #bdc86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB12B

secondary

#7F72C6

accent

#44E45D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB12B

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

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