#9DB016#9DB016

#9DB016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.161 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB016
RGB	rgb(157, 176, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 88%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 87.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -24.22, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 70.95, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.074 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.161 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5756, 38.2771, 6.5891)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB016 #2916B0

analogous

#B07616 #9DB016 #50B016

triadic

#9DB016 #169DB0 #B0169D

tetradic

#9DB016 #16B076 #2916B0 #B01650

square

#9DB016 #16B076 #2916B0 #B01650

split-complementary

#9DB016 #1650B0 #7616B0

monochromatic

#3C4308 #6C7A0F #9DB016 #CBE320 #D8EA56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9DB016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9DB016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB016

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB016	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 176, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.161 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec767',
    500: '#9db016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db016;
$custom-light: #bec767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.403,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71782,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB016

secondary

#6455CD

accent

#34F44B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB016

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

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