#9BCA3B#9BCA3B

#9BCA3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.174 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCA3B
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -35.75, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 72.27, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.1029 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.174 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4277, 49.5248, 11.8296)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCA3B #6A3BCA

analogous

#CAB13B #9BCA3B #53CA3B

triadic

#9BCA3B #3B9BCA #CA3B9B

tetradic

#9BCA3B #3BCAB1 #6A3BCA #CA3B53

square

#9BCA3B #3BCAB1 #6A3BCA #CA3B53

split-complementary

#9BCA3B #3B53CA #B13BCA

monochromatic

#536D1E #789D2B #9BCA3B #B4D76B #CCE49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BCA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#9BCA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCA3B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCA3B	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.174 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcda7a',
    500: '#9bca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bca3b;
$custom-light: #bcda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.72,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77903,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCA3B

secondary

#A691D0

accent

#47E17A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCA3B

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

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