#9DB316#9DB316

#9DB316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.164 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB316
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -25.68, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 72.13, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0781 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.164 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1703, 39.4665, 6.7873)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB316 #2C16B3

analogous

#B37B16 #9DB316 #4EB316

triadic

#9DB316 #169DB3 #B3169D

tetradic

#9DB316 #16B37B #2C16B3 #B3164E

square

#9DB316 #16B37B #2C16B3 #B3164E

split-complementary

#9DB316 #164EB3 #7B16B3

monochromatic

#3D4609 #6D7C0F #9DB316 #C9E422 #D6EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9DB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9DB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB316

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB316	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.164 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec967',
    500: '#9db316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db316;
$custom-light: #bec967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.408,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB316

secondary

#6857CE

accent

#33F54E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB316

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

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