#9CB236#9CB236

#9CB236 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.148 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB236
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -24.30, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 62.68, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0718 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.148 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.2971, 39.1753, 9.4548)
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

#9CB236 #4C36B2

analogous

#B28A36 #9CB236 #5EB236

triadic

#9CB236 #369CB2 #B2369C

tetradic

#9CB236 #36B28A #4C36B2 #B2365E

square

#9CB236 #36B28A #4C36B2 #B2365E

split-complementary

#9CB236 #365EB2 #8A36B2

monochromatic

#4A541A #738328 #9CB236 #B8CD59 #CCDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB236

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB236	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)

#BDA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.148 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc975',
    500: '#9cb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb236;
$custom-light: #bcc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.645,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72338,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB236

secondary

#8B7FC5

accent

#4BDD65

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB236

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

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