#9CB415#9CB415

#9CB415 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.166 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB415
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 21)
HSL	hsl(69, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -26.61, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 72.78, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0806 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.166 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.1677, 39.7648, 6.7954)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB415 #2D15B4

analogous

#B47D15 #9CB415 #4CB415

triadic

#9CB415 #159CB4 #B4159C

tetradic

#9CB415 #15B47D #2D15B4 #B4154C

square

#9CB415 #15B47D #2D15B4 #B4154C

split-complementary

#9CB415 #154CB4 #7D15B4

monochromatic

#3D4608 #6D7D0F #9CB415 #C8E521 #D5EC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9CB415 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB415

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB415	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.166 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca67',
    500: '#9cb415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb415;
$custom-light: #bdca67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB415

secondary

#6856CF

accent

#32F650

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB415

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

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