#9BCC38#9BCC38

#9BCC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.179 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCC38
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -36.83, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 74.21, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.1061 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.179 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8244, 50.4392, 11.5890)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCC38 #6938CC

analogous

#CCB338 #9BCC38 #51CC38

triadic

#9BCC38 #389BCC #CC389B

tetradic

#9BCC38 #38CCB3 #6938CC #CC3851

square

#9BCC38 #38CCB3 #6938CC #CC3851

split-complementary

#9BCC38 #3851CC #B338CC

monochromatic

#536E1C #779E29 #9BCC38 #B3D869 #CCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#9BCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCC38

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCC38	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.179 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb78',
    500: '#9bcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcc38;
$custom-light: #bcdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.17871,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCC38

secondary

#483177

accent

#45E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCC38

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

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