#9CB138#9CB138

#9CB138 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB138
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -23.69, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 61.47, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0699 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.146 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1468, 38.7979, 9.6412)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB138 #4D38B1

analogous

#B18938 #9CB138 #60B138

triadic

#9CB138 #389CB1 #B1389C

tetradic

#9CB138 #38B189 #4D38B1 #B13860

square

#9CB138 #38B189 #4D38B1 #B13860

split-complementary

#9CB138 #3860B1 #8938B1

monochromatic

#4A541B #738329 #9CB138 #B8CB5B #CCDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9CB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB138

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB138	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc876',
    500: '#9cb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb138;
$custom-light: #bcc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.413,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB138

secondary

#8C81C4

accent

#4CDB65

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB138

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

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