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Dynamic Warbler

#9cc033
Notes

Dynamic Warbler (#9CC033) is a true lime with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (75°, 58%, 48%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#9cc033
RGB
rgb(156, 192, 51)
HSL
hsl(75, 58%, 48%)
HWB
hwb(75 20% 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(75.6% 0.167 123.1)
P3
color(display-p3 0.6398 0.7488 0.3015)
HSV
hsv(75, 73%, 75%)
LAB
lab(72.90% -31.19 62.82)
LCH
lch(72.90% 70.14 116.41)
CMYK
cmyk(19%, 0%, 73%, 25%)

Etymology

Dynamic
adjective

From the Greek dynamis, power — used as a color modifier since the late nineteenth century for hues that read as energetic and active. Dynamic red, dynamic orange: the implication is saturation combined with optical motion. Sits at the bright-bucket center alongside vibrant and lively.

Warbler
noun

The family Parulidae — North American wood warblers — particularly Setophaga petechia (yellow warbler) whose males in breeding plumage are bright yellow with red-streaked breasts. The color refers to a male yellow warbler in breeding plumage: a saturated, slightly cool bright yellow with the matte finish of carotenoid-pigmented feathers.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#9cc033
Original
#cbb416
Protanopia
#c7b340
Deuteranopia
#a4b6a5
Tritanopia
#aeaeae
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.10:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
10.00:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##9CC033
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.6398 0.7488 0.3015)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.167

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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