#9CB22A#9CB22A

#9CB22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.155 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB22A
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -24.93, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 66.76, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0746 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.155 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0493, 39.0761, 8.1495)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB22A #402AB2

analogous

#B2842A #9CB22A #58B22A

triadic

#9CB22A #2A9CB2 #B22A9C

tetradic

#9CB22A #2AB284 #402AB2 #B22A58

square

#9CB22A #2AB284 #402AB2 #B22A58

split-complementary

#9CB22A #2A58B2 #842AB2

monochromatic

#454F13 #71801E #9CB22A #BCD346 #CEDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB22A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB22A	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.155 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96f',
    500: '#9cb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb22a;
$custom-light: #bdc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.706,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB22A

secondary

#7F71C7

accent

#43E55D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB22A

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

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