#9CB41A#9CB41A

#9CB41A 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	#9CB41A
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 85.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -26.48, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 71.80, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.08 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.165 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2187, 39.7852, 7.0645)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB41A #321AB4

analogous

#B47F1A #9CB41A #4FB41A

triadic

#9CB41A #1A9CB4 #B41A9C

tetradic

#9CB41A #1AB47F #321AB4 #B41A4F

square

#9CB41A #1AB47F #321AB4 #B41A4F

split-complementary

#9CB41A #1A4FB4 #7F1AB4

monochromatic

#3F490B #6E7F12 #9CB41A #C4E02B #D3E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB41A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CB41A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB41A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB41A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB41A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	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)

#BEAA2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb41a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.165 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca69',
    500: '#9cb41a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb41a;
$custom-light: #bdca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb41a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.351,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB41A

secondary

#6F5DCC

accent

#36F154

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB41A

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

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