#9BC42B#9BC42B

#9BC42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.176 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC42B
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -33.84, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 74.48, 117.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0989 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.176 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6939, 46.6225, 9.5090)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC42B #542BC4

analogous

#C4A02B #9BC42B #4FC42B

triadic

#9BC42B #2B9BC4 #C42B9B

tetradic

#9BC42B #2BC4A0 #542BC4 #C42B4F

square

#9BC42B #2BC4A0 #542BC4 #C42B4F

split-complementary

#9BC42B #2B4FC4 #A02BC4

monochromatic

#4C6015 #739220 #9BC42B #B5D953 #CBE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9BC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#9BC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC42B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC42B	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.176 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd671',
    500: '#9bc42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc42b;
$custom-light: #bdd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.078,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76393,
    "c": 0.17618,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC42B

secondary

#937DCE

accent

#41E76D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#121409

muted

#81837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC42B

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

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