#9CB31D#9CB31D

#9CB31D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.162 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB31D
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -25.91, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 70.72, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0782 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.162 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0529, 39.3971, 7.1834)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB31D #341DB3

analogous

#B37F1D #9CB31D #51B31D

triadic

#9CB31D #1D9CB3 #B31D9C

tetradic

#9CB31D #1DB37F #341DB3 #B31D51

square

#9CB31D #1DB37F #341DB3 #B31D51

split-complementary

#9CB31D #1D51B3 #7F1DB3

monochromatic

#404A0C #6E7E14 #9CB31D #C3DD30 #D2E664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9CB31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB31D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB31D	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)

#BDA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.162 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96a',
    500: '#9cb31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb31d;
$custom-light: #bdc96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.2,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.1624,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB31D

secondary

#7161CB

accent

#39EF55

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB31D

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

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