#9CB22B#9CB22B

#9CB22B 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	#9CB22B
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -24.88, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 66.45, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0744 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.155 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0674, 39.0834, 8.2449)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB22B #412BB2

analogous

#B2842B #9CB22B #58B22B

triadic

#9CB22B #2B9CB2 #B22B9C

tetradic

#9CB22B #2BB284 #412BB2 #B22B58

square

#9CB22B #2BB284 #412BB2 #B22B58

split-complementary

#9CB22B #2B58B2 #842BB2

monochromatic

#464F13 #71811F #9CB22B #BCD348 #CEDF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB22B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB22B	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)

#BEA809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.155 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96f',
    500: '#9cb22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb22b;
$custom-light: #bdc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB22B

secondary

#8072C7

accent

#44E45E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB22B

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

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