#9CB221#9CB221

#9CB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.160 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB221
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -25.29, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 69.33, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0763 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.16 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9059, 39.0188, 7.3945)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB221 #3721B2

analogous

#B28021 #9CB221 #54B221

triadic

#9CB221 #219CB2 #B2219C

tetradic

#9CB221 #21B280 #3721B2 #B22154

square

#9CB221 #21B280 #3721B2 #B22154

split-complementary

#9CB221 #2154B2 #8021B2

monochromatic

#424B0E #6F7E17 #9CB221 #C1DA36 #D1E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9CB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB221

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB221	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.160 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96b',
    500: '#9cb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb221;
$custom-light: #bdc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB221

secondary

#7566C9

accent

#3CEC57

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB221

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

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