#9CB12A#9CB12A

#9CB12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.154 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB12A
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 42)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -24.44, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 66.33, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0733 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.154 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8510, 38.6796, 8.0834)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB12A #3F2AB1

analogous

#B1822A #9CB12A #59B12A

triadic

#9CB12A #2A9CB1 #B12A9C

tetradic

#9CB12A #2AB182 #3F2AB1 #B12A59

square

#9CB12A #2AB182 #3F2AB1 #B12A59

split-complementary

#9CB12A #2A59B1 #822AB1

monochromatic

#454E13 #70801E #9CB12A #BDD345 #CEDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CB12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9CB12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB12A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB12A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.154 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc86f',
    500: '#9cb12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb12a;
$custom-light: #bdc86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB12A

secondary

#7E70C6

accent

#43E55C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB12A

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

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