#9CB233#9CB233

#9CB233 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.150 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB233
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -24.47, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 63.76, 112.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0726 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.15 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2288, 39.1479, 9.0952)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB233 #4933B2

analogous

#B28933 #9CB233 #5CB233

triadic

#9CB233 #339CB2 #B2339C

tetradic

#9CB233 #33B289 #4933B2 #B2335C

square

#9CB233 #33B289 #4933B2 #B2335C

split-complementary

#9CB233 #335CB2 #8933B2

monochromatic

#495318 #728225 #9CB233 #B9CE54 #CCDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB233

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB233	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)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.150 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc973',
    500: '#9cb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb233;
$custom-light: #bcc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.394,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB233

secondary

#887CC5

accent

#49DF63

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB233

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

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