#9CB31A#9CB31A

#9CB31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.163 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB31A
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -26.00, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 71.39, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0787 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.163 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0176, 39.3829, 6.9974)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB31A #311AB3

analogous

#B37E1A #9CB31A #4FB31A

triadic

#9CB31A #1A9CB3 #B31A9C

tetradic

#9CB31A #1AB37E #311AB3 #B31A4F

square

#9CB31A #1AB37E #311AB3 #B31A4F

split-complementary

#9CB31A #1A4FB3 #7E1AB3

monochromatic

#3F480A #6D7E12 #9CB31A #C5E02A #D3E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9CB31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB31A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB31A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.163 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc969',
    500: '#9cb31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb31a;
$custom-light: #bdc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.02,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB31A

secondary

#6D5DCC

accent

#37F153

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB31A

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

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