#9CB316#9CB316

#9CB316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.165 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB316
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -26.11, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 72.20, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0792 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.165 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9760, 39.3663, 6.7782)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB316 #2D16B3

analogous

#B37C16 #9CB316 #4EB316

triadic

#9CB316 #169CB3 #B3169C

tetradic

#9CB316 #16B37C #2D16B3 #B3164E

square

#9CB316 #16B37C #2D16B3 #B3164E

split-complementary

#9CB316 #164EB3 #7C16B3

monochromatic

#3D4609 #6D7C0F #9CB316 #C8E422 #D5EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9CB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB316

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB316	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.165 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc967',
    500: '#9cb316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb316;
$custom-light: #bdc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.79,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB316

secondary

#6857CE

accent

#33F550

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB316

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

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