#9CB421#9CB421

#9CB421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.162 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB421
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -26.26, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 70.15, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.079 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.162 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3068, 39.8204, 7.5281)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB421 #3921B4

analogous

#B48321 #9CB421 #53B421

triadic

#9CB421 #219CB4 #B4219C

tetradic

#9CB421 #21B483 #3921B4 #B42153

square

#9CB421 #21B483 #3921B4 #B42153

split-complementary

#9CB421 #2153B4 #8321B4

monochromatic

#424D0E #6F8018 #9CB421 #C0DA38 #D0E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB421

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB421	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)

#BDAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.162 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca6b',
    500: '#9cb421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb421;
$custom-light: #bdca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB421

secondary

#7767CA

accent

#3CEC59

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB421

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

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