#9EB221#9EB221

#9EB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.159 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB221
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -24.44, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 69.19, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0741 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.159 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2962, 39.2200, 7.4128)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB221 #3521B2

analogous

#B27E21 #9EB221 #56B221

triadic

#9EB221 #219EB2 #B2219E

tetradic

#9EB221 #21B27E #3521B2 #B22156

square

#9EB221 #21B27E #3521B2 #B22156

split-complementary

#9EB221 #2156B2 #7E21B2

monochromatic

#424B0E #707E17 #9EB221 #C3DA36 #D3E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9EB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB221

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB221	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.159 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc96b',
    500: '#9eb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb221;
$custom-light: #bfc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB221

secondary

#7366C9

accent

#3CEC54

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB221

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

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