#9CB240#9CB240

#9CB240 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB240
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -23.65, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 58.80, 113.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0691 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.141 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5566, 39.2790, 10.8214)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB240 #5640B2

analogous

#B28F40 #9CB240 #63B240

triadic

#9CB240 #409CB2 #B2409C

tetradic

#9CB240 #40B28F #5640B2 #B24063

square

#9CB240 #40B28F #5640B2 #B24063

split-complementary

#9CB240 #4063B2 #8F40B2

monochromatic

#4D5820 #758530 #9CB240 #B6C867 #CBD894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9CB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB240

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB240	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc97a',
    500: '#9cb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb240;
$custom-light: #bcc97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.579,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB240

secondary

#958AC4

accent

#51D76B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB240

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

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