#9CB22C#9CB22C

#9CB22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.154 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB22C
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -24.83, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 66.13, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0742 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.154 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0860, 39.0908, 8.3427)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB22C #422CB2

analogous

#B2852C #9CB22C #59B22C

triadic

#9CB22C #2C9CB2 #B22C9C

tetradic

#9CB22C #2CB285 #422CB2 #B22C59

square

#9CB22C #2CB285 #422CB2 #B22C59

split-complementary

#9CB22C #2C59B2 #852CB2

monochromatic

#465014 #718120 #9CB22C #BCD249 #CEDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB22C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB22C	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA80C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.154 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc970',
    500: '#9cb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb22c;
$custom-light: #bdc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7227,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB22C

secondary

#8173C6

accent

#44E45E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB22C

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

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