#9CB237#9CB237

#9CB237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB237
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -24.24, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 62.31, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0716 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.147 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.3209, 39.1847, 9.5798)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB237 #4D37B2

analogous

#B28A37 #9CB237 #5EB237

triadic

#9CB237 #379CB2 #B2379C

tetradic

#9CB237 #37B28A #4D37B2 #B2375E

square

#9CB237 #37B28A #4D37B2 #B2375E

split-complementary

#9CB237 #375EB2 #8A37B2

monochromatic

#4A541A #738329 #9CB237 #B8CC5A #CCDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9CB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB237

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB237	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc975',
    500: '#9cb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb237;
$custom-light: #bcc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.732,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB237

secondary

#8C80C5

accent

#4CDC65

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB237

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

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