#9CB429#9CB429

#9CB429 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.158 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB429
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -25.95, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 67.93, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0775 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.158 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4324, 39.8707, 8.1900)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB429 #4129B4

analogous

#B48629 #9CB429 #56B429

triadic

#9CB429 #299CB4 #B4299C

tetradic

#9CB429 #29B486 #4129B4 #B42956

square

#9CB429 #29B486 #4129B4 #B42956

split-complementary

#9CB429 #2956B4 #8629B4

monochromatic

#465012 #71821E #9CB429 #BCD545 #CEE077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9CB429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB429

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB429	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)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.158 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca6f',
    500: '#9cb429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb429;
$custom-light: #bdca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.36,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB429

secondary

#8071C8

accent

#42E65E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB429

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

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