#9BCD36#9BCD36

#9BCD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.181 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCD36
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -37.40, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 75.32, 119.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.1078 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.181 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0149, 50.8969, 11.4160)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCD36 #6836CD

analogous

#CDB436 #9BCD36 #4FCD36

triadic

#9BCD36 #369BCD #CD369B

tetradic

#9BCD36 #36CDB4 #6836CD #CD364F

square

#9BCD36 #36CDB4 #6836CD #CD364F

split-complementary

#9BCD36 #364FCD #B436CD

monochromatic

#526D1B #779E27 #9BCD36 #B3D967 #CCE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9BCD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#9BCD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD36

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCD36	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.181 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc78',
    500: '#9bcd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcd36;
$custom-light: #bddc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.868,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.18107,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCD36

secondary

#483077

accent

#44E379

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCD36

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

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