#9CB23D#9CB23D

#9CB23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB23D
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -23.86, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 60.00, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0699 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.143 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4735, 39.2458, 10.3838)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB23D #533DB2

analogous

#B28E3D #9CB23D #62B23D

triadic

#9CB23D #3D9CB2 #B23D9C

tetradic

#9CB23D #3DB28E #533DB2 #B23D62

square

#9CB23D #3DB28E #533DB2 #B23D62

split-complementary

#9CB23D #3D62B2 #8E3DB2

monochromatic

#4C571E #74842D #9CB23D #B6C963 #CBD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9CB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB23D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB23D	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc979',
    500: '#9cb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb23d;
$custom-light: #bcc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.282,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB23D

secondary

#9287C4

accent

#4FD969

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB23D

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

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