#9CB227#9CB227

#9CB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.157 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB227
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -25.06, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 67.67, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0752 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.157 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9976, 39.0554, 7.8772)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB227 #3D27B2

analogous

#B28227 #9CB227 #57B227

triadic

#9CB227 #279CB2 #B2279C

tetradic

#9CB227 #27B282 #3D27B2 #B22757

square

#9CB227 #27B282 #3D27B2 #B22757

split-complementary

#9CB227 #2757B2 #8227B2

monochromatic

#444E11 #70801C #9CB227 #BED541 #CFE073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#9CB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB227

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB227	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.157 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96d',
    500: '#9cb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb227;
$custom-light: #bdc96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.496,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB227

secondary

#7C6DC8

accent

#41E75B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB227

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

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