#9CB22E#9CB22E

#9CB22E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.153 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB22E
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -24.74, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 65.48, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0738 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.153 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1245, 39.1062, 8.5455)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB22E #442EB2

analogous

#B2862E #9CB22E #5AB22E

triadic

#9CB22E #2E9CB2 #B22E9C

tetradic

#9CB22E #2EB286 #442EB2 #B22E5A

square

#9CB22E #2EB286 #442EB2 #B22E5A

split-complementary

#9CB22E #2E5AB2 #862EB2

monochromatic

#475115 #718121 #9CB22E #BBD14C #CDDD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB22E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB22E	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)

#BEA812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.153 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc971',
    500: '#9cb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb22e;
$custom-light: #bdc971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.15313,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB22E

secondary

#8376C6

accent

#46E260

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB22E

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

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