#9CB418#9CB418

#9CB418 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.165 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB418
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 24)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -26.54, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 72.21, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0802 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.165 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1972, 39.7766, 6.9508)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB418 #3018B4

analogous

#B47E18 #9CB418 #4EB418

triadic

#9CB418 #189CB4 #B4189C

tetradic

#9CB418 #18B47E #3018B4 #B4184E

square

#9CB418 #18B47E #3018B4 #B4184E

split-complementary

#9CB418 #184EB4 #7E18B4

monochromatic

#3E480A #6D7E11 #9CB418 #C5E227 #D4E95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CB418 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB418

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB418	1.00	2.35	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	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: #9cb418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.165 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca68',
    500: '#9cb418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb418;
$custom-light: #bdca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB418

secondary

#6C5BCD

accent

#35F352

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB418

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

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