#9CB422#9CB422

#9CB422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.161 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB422
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -26.23, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 69.90, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0788 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.161 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3210, 39.8261, 7.6029)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB422 #3A22B4

analogous

#B48322 #9CB422 #53B422

triadic

#9CB422 #229CB4 #B4229C

tetradic

#9CB422 #22B483 #3A22B4 #B42253

square

#9CB422 #22B483 #3A22B4 #B42253

split-complementary

#9CB422 #2253B4 #8322B4

monochromatic

#434D0F #6F8118 #9CB422 #BFDA3A #D0E36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9CB422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB422

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB422	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	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: #9cb422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.161 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca6c',
    500: '#9cb422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb422;
$custom-light: #bdca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB422

secondary

#7868CA

accent

#3DEB59

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB422

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

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