#9CB140#9CB140

#9CB140 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB140
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -23.16, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 58.32, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0677 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.14 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.3584, 38.8826, 10.7553)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB140 #5540B1

analogous

#B18D40 #9CB140 #64B140

triadic

#9CB140 #409CB1 #B1409C

tetradic

#9CB140 #40B18D #5540B1 #B14064

square

#9CB140 #40B18D #5540B1 #B14064

split-complementary

#9CB140 #4064B1 #8D40B1

monochromatic

#4D571F #748430 #9CB140 #B6C866 #CBD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9CB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB140

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB140	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc87a',
    500: '#9cb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb140;
$custom-light: #bcc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.15,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB140

secondary

#9489C3

accent

#51D76A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB140

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

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