#9CB228#9CB228

#9CB228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.156 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB228
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -25.01, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 67.37, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.075 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.156 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0144, 39.0622, 7.9657)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB228 #3E28B2

analogous

#B28328 #9CB228 #57B228

triadic

#9CB228 #289CB2 #B2289C

tetradic

#9CB228 #28B283 #3E28B2 #B22857

square

#9CB228 #28B283 #3E28B2 #B22857

split-complementary

#9CB228 #2857B2 #8328B2

monochromatic

#444E12 #70801D #9CB228 #BDD543 #CFE075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#9CB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB228

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB228	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)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.156 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96e',
    500: '#9cb228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb228;
$custom-light: #bdc96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB228

secondary

#7D6FC7

accent

#41E65C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB228

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

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