#9BCB42#9BCB42

#9BCB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.171 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCB42
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -35.76, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 70.29, 120.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.1023 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.171 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8570, 50.0732, 12.9292)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCB42 #7242CB

analogous

#CBB642 #9BCB42 #56CB42

triadic

#9BCB42 #429BCB #CB429B

tetradic

#9BCB42 #42CBB6 #7242CB #CB4256

square

#9BCB42 #42CBB6 #7242CB #CB4256

split-complementary

#9BCB42 #4256CB #B642CB

monochromatic

#567320 #7AA32D #9BCB42 #B4D872 #CEE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#9BCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCB42

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCB42	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.171 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb7e',
    500: '#9bcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcb42;
$custom-light: #bcdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.022,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCB42

secondary

#4E357C

accent

#48E07D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCB42

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

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