#9BCB38#9BCB38

#9BCB38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.177 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCB38
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -36.38, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 73.74, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.1049 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.178 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5875, 49.9654, 11.5100)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCB38 #6838CB

analogous

#CBB238 #9BCB38 #51CB38

triadic

#9BCB38 #389BCB #CB389B

tetradic

#9BCB38 #38CBB2 #6838CB #CB3851

square

#9BCB38 #38CBB2 #6838CB #CB3851

split-complementary

#9BCB38 #3851CB #B238CB

monochromatic

#526C1C #779D29 #9BCB38 #B3D869 #CCE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#9BCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCB38

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCB38	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.177 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb78',
    500: '#9bcb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcb38;
$custom-light: #bcdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.592,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78117,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCB38

secondary

#A48FD0

accent

#46E279

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FBEE

border

#D1D4C9

text

#12150A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCB38

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

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