#9CB423#9CB423

#9CB423 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	#9CB423
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -26.19, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 69.63, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0786 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.161 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3356, 39.8320, 7.6800)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB423 #3B23B4

analogous

#B48423 #9CB423 #54B423

triadic

#9CB423 #239CB4 #B4239C

tetradic

#9CB423 #23B484 #3B23B4 #B42354

square

#9CB423 #23B484 #3B23B4 #B42354

split-complementary

#9CB423 #2354B4 #8423B4

monochromatic

#434E0F #708119 #9CB423 #BFD93B #D0E36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9CB423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB423

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB423	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)

#BDAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.161 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca6c',
    500: '#9cb423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb423;
$custom-light: #bdca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB423

secondary

#7969C9

accent

#3DEA5A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB423

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

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