#9BCE49#9BCE49

#9BCE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.170 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCE49
RGB	rgb(155, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(83, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -36.62, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 69.18, 121.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1041 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.17 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7914, 51.5915, 14.3218)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCE49 #7C49CE

analogous

#CEBF49 #9BCE49 #58CE49

triadic

#9BCE49 #499BCE #CE499B

tetradic

#9BCE49 #49CEBF #7C49CE #CE4958

square

#9BCE49 #49CEBF #7C49CE #CE4958

split-complementary

#9BCE49 #4958CE #BF49CE

monochromatic

#597B21 #7CAC2E #9BCE49 #B5DB79 #D0E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9BCE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9BCE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCE49

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCE49	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.170 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdd82',
    500: '#9bce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bce49;
$custom-light: #bcdd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.008,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.16984,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCE49

secondary

#553883

accent

#47E182

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCE49

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

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