#9EB321#9EB321

#9EB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.160 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB321
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -24.93, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 69.60, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0754 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.16 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4959, 39.6194, 7.4793)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB321 #3621B3

analogous

#B37F21 #9EB321 #55B321

triadic

#9EB321 #219EB3 #B3219E

tetradic

#9EB321 #21B37F #3621B3 #B32155

square

#9EB321 #21B37F #3621B3 #B32155

split-complementary

#9EB321 #2155B3 #7F21B3

monochromatic

#434C0E #707F17 #9EB321 #C3DA37 #D2E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB321

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB321	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.160 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc96b',
    500: '#9eb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb321;
$custom-light: #bfc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.63,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB321

secondary

#7466CA

accent

#3CEC55

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB321

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

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