#9CB232#9CB232

#9CB232 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	#9CB232
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -24.53, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 64.12, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0728 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.151 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2070, 39.1392, 8.9803)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB232 #4832B2

analogous

#B28832 #9CB232 #5CB232

triadic

#9CB232 #329CB2 #B2329C

tetradic

#9CB232 #32B288 #4832B2 #B2325C

square

#9CB232 #32B288 #4832B2 #B2325C

split-complementary

#9CB232 #325CB2 #8832B2

monochromatic

#485217 #728225 #9CB232 #B9CF53 #CDDC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB232

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB232	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)

#BEA81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.151 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc973',
    500: '#9cb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb232;
$custom-light: #bcc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.313,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB232

secondary

#877BC5

accent

#48DF62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB232

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

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