#9CB23A#9CB23A

#9CB23A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB23A
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(71, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -24.06, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 61.17, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0708 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.145 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3950, 39.2144, 9.9701)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB23A #503AB2

analogous

#B28C3A #9CB23A #60B23A

triadic

#9CB23A #3A9CB2 #B23A9C

tetradic

#9CB23A #3AB28C #503AB2 #B23A60

square

#9CB23A #3AB28C #503AB2 #B23A60

split-complementary

#9CB23A #3A60B2 #8C3AB2

monochromatic

#4B561C #74842B #9CB23A #B7CB5F #CCDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9CB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB23A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB23A	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc977',
    500: '#9cb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb23a;
$custom-light: #bcc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB23A

secondary

#8F83C4

accent

#4DDA67

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB23A

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

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