#9CB040#9CB040

#9CB040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB040
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -22.66, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 57.84, 113.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0663 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.138 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1616, 38.4890, 10.6897)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB040 #5440B0

analogous

#B08C40 #9CB040 #64B040

triadic

#9CB040 #409CB0 #B0409C

tetradic

#9CB040 #40B08C #5440B0 #B04064

square

#9CB040 #40B08C #5440B0 #B04064

split-complementary

#9CB040 #4064B0 #8C40B0

monochromatic

#4C561F #748330 #9CB040 #B6C766 #CBD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9CB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB040

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB040	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc77a',
    500: '#9cb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb040;
$custom-light: #bcc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB040

secondary

#9389C3

accent

#51D669

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB040

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

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