#9CB235#9CB235

#9CB235 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.149 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB235
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -24.36, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 63.05, 112.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0721 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.149 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.2739, 39.1660, 9.3324)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB235 #4B35B2

analogous

#B28935 #9CB235 #5DB235

triadic

#9CB235 #359CB2 #B2359C

tetradic

#9CB235 #35B289 #4B35B2 #B2355D

square

#9CB235 #35B289 #4B35B2 #B2355D

split-complementary

#9CB235 #355DB2 #8935B2

monochromatic

#495419 #738327 #9CB235 #B8CD57 #CCDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB235

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB235	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)

#BEA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.149 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc974',
    500: '#9cb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb235;
$custom-light: #bcc974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.56,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB235

secondary

#8A7EC5

accent

#4ADD64

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB235

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

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