#9CB231#9CB231

#9CB231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.151 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB231
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -24.58, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 64.46, 112.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0731 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.151 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1857, 39.1307, 8.8679)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB231 #4731B2

analogous

#B28831 #9CB231 #5BB231

triadic

#9CB231 #319CB2 #B2319C

tetradic

#9CB231 #31B288 #4731B2 #B2315B

square

#9CB231 #31B288 #4731B2 #B2315B

split-complementary

#9CB231 #315BB2 #8831B2

monochromatic

#485217 #728224 #9CB231 #BACF51 #CDDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB231

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB231	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.151 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc972',
    500: '#9cb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb231;
$custom-light: #bcc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.233,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB231

secondary

#8679C5

accent

#48E062

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB231

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

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