#9CB12F#9CB12F

#9CB12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.151 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB12F
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 47)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 73.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -24.19, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 64.70, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0722 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.151 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9462, 38.7177, 8.5845)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB12F #442FB1

analogous

#B1852F #9CB12F #5BB12F

triadic

#9CB12F #2F9CB1 #B12F9C

tetradic

#9CB12F #2FB185 #442FB1 #B12F5B

square

#9CB12F #2FB185 #442FB1 #B12F5B

split-complementary

#9CB12F #2F5BB1 #852FB1

monochromatic

#475015 #718122 #9CB12F #BBD04D #CDDD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CB12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9CB12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB12F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB12F	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)

#BDA715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.151 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc871',
    500: '#9cb12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb12f;
$custom-light: #bdc871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB12F

secondary

#8376C5

accent

#47E160

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB12F

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

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