#9CB417#9CB417

#9CB417 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	#9CB417
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -26.57, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 72.41, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0804 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.166 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.1869, 39.7725, 6.8970)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB417 #2F17B4

analogous

#B47E17 #9CB417 #4EB417

triadic

#9CB417 #179CB4 #B4179C

tetradic

#9CB417 #17B47E #2F17B4 #B4174E

square

#9CB417 #17B47E #2F17B4 #B4174E

split-complementary

#9CB417 #174EB4 #7E17B4

monochromatic

#3E4709 #6D7E10 #9CB417 #C6E325 #D4EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9CB417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB417

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB417	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)

#BEAA2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.166 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca68',
    500: '#9cb417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb417;
$custom-light: #bdca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72637,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB417

secondary

#6B59CE

accent

#34F451

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB417

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

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