#9CB41C#9CB41C

#9CB41C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.164 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB41C
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 28)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -26.43, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 71.36, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0797 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.164 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2419, 39.7945, 7.1863)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB41C #341CB4

analogous

#B4801C #9CB41C #50B41C

triadic

#9CB41C #1C9CB4 #B41C9C

tetradic

#9CB41C #1CB480 #341CB4 #B41C50

square

#9CB41C #1CB480 #341CB4 #B41C50

split-complementary

#9CB41C #1C50B4 #801CB4

monochromatic

#404A0C #6E7F14 #9CB41C #C3DF2F #D2E764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB41C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CB41C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB41C

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB41C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB41C	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)

#BEAA2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb41c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.164 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca69',
    500: '#9cb41c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb41c;
$custom-light: #bdca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb41c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB41C

secondary

#7160CC

accent

#38F055

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB41C

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

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