#9CB331#9CB331

#9CB331 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB331
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -25.07, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 64.91, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0744 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.153 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3854, 39.5301, 8.9345)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB331 #4831B3

analogous

#B38931 #9CB331 #5BB331

triadic

#9CB331 #319CB3 #B3319C

tetradic

#9CB331 #31B389 #4831B3 #B3315B

square

#9CB331 #31B389 #4831B3 #B3315B

split-complementary

#9CB331 #315BB3 #8931B3

monochromatic

#485317 #728324 #9CB331 #B9D052 #CDDD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB331

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB331	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc972',
    500: '#9cb331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb331;
$custom-light: #bdc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB331

secondary

#877AC6

accent

#48E063

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB331

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

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