#9CB22D#9CB22D

#9CB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.154 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB22D
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -24.79, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 65.81, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.074 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.154 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1050, 39.0984, 8.4429)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB22D #432DB2

analogous

#B2852D #9CB22D #59B22D

triadic

#9CB22D #2D9CB2 #B22D9C

tetradic

#9CB22D #2DB285 #432DB2 #B22D59

square

#9CB22D #2DB285 #432DB2 #B22D59

split-complementary

#9CB22D #2D59B2 #852DB2

monochromatic

#465014 #718121 #9CB22D #BBD14B #CEDE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB22D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB22D	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)

#BEA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.154 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc970',
    500: '#9cb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb22d;
$custom-light: #bdc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.925,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB22D

secondary

#8275C6

accent

#45E35F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB22D

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

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