#9BCD38#9BCD38

#9BCD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.180 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCD38
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -37.29, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 74.68, 119.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1073 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.18 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0628, 50.9161, 11.6684)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCD38 #6A38CD

analogous

#CDB438 #9BCD38 #50CD38

triadic

#9BCD38 #389BCD #CD389B

tetradic

#9BCD38 #38CDB4 #6A38CD #CD3850

square

#9BCD38 #38CDB4 #6A38CD #CD3850

split-complementary

#9BCD38 #3850CD #B438CD

monochromatic

#536F1C #78A028 #9BCD38 #B4D969 #CCE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9BCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#9BCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD38

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCD38	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)

#D8BF1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.180 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc79',
    500: '#9bcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcd38;
$custom-light: #bcdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.134,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCD38

secondary

#493178

accent

#45E37A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCD38

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

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