#9CB042#9CB042

#9CB042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB042
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -22.52, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 57.01, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0657 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.137 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2195, 38.5121, 10.9948)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB042 #5642B0

analogous

#B08D42 #9CB042 #65B042

triadic

#9CB042 #429CB0 #B0429C

tetradic

#9CB042 #42B08D #5642B0 #B04265

square

#9CB042 #42B08D #5642B0 #B04265

split-complementary

#9CB042 #4265B0 #8D42B0

monochromatic

#4D5721 #758331 #9CB042 #B6C769 #CBD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9CB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB042

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB042	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc77b',
    500: '#9cb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb042;
$custom-light: #bcc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB042

secondary

#958BC3

accent

#53D56A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB042

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

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