#9CB142#9CB142

#9CB142 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.138 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB142
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -23.01, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 57.49, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0671 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.138 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4163, 38.9057, 11.0604)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB142 #5742B1

analogous

#B18E42 #9CB142 #65B142

triadic

#9CB142 #429CB1 #B1429C

tetradic

#9CB142 #42B18E #5742B1 #B14265

square

#9CB142 #42B18E #5742B1 #B14265

split-complementary

#9CB142 #4265B1 #8E42B1

monochromatic

#4D5821 #758431 #9CB142 #B5C769 #CBD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9CB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB142

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB142	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)

#BCA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.138 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc87b',
    500: '#9cb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb142;
$custom-light: #bcc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB142

secondary

#968BC3

accent

#52D56B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB142

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

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