#9CB325#9CB325

#9CB325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.159 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB325
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 37)
HSL	hsl(70, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 79.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -25.63, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 68.66, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0769 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.159 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1650, 39.4419, 7.7738)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB325 #3C25B3

analogous

#B38325 #9CB325 #55B325

triadic

#9CB325 #259CB3 #B3259C

tetradic

#9CB325 #25B383 #3C25B3 #B32555

square

#9CB325 #25B383 #3C25B3 #B32555

split-complementary

#9CB325 #2555B3 #8325B3

monochromatic

#444E10 #70801B #9CB325 #BED73E #CFE271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9CB325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB325

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB325	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.159 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96d',
    500: '#9cb325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb325;
$custom-light: #bdc96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.718,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB325

secondary

#7A6BC8

accent

#3FE95B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB325

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

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