#9CB333#9CB333

#9CB333 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.151 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB333
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -24.96, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 64.21, 112.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0739 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.151 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4285, 39.5473, 9.1617)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB333 #4A33B3

analogous

#B38A33 #9CB333 #5CB333

triadic

#9CB333 #339CB3 #B3339C

tetradic

#9CB333 #33B38A #4A33B3 #B3335C

square

#9CB333 #33B38A #4A33B3 #B3335C

split-complementary

#9CB333 #335CB3 #8A33B3

monochromatic

#495418 #728325 #9CB333 #B9CE55 #CCDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB333

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB333	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)

#BFA91C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.151 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc973',
    500: '#9cb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb333;
$custom-light: #bcc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.781,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB333

secondary

#897CC6

accent

#49DF64

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB333

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

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