#9CB336#9CB336

#9CB336 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.149 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB336
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -24.79, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 63.14, 113.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0732 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.149 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4968, 39.5746, 9.5214)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB336 #4D36B3

analogous

#B38B36 #9CB336 #5DB336

triadic

#9CB336 #369CB3 #B3369C

tetradic

#9CB336 #36B38B #4D36B3 #B3365D

square

#9CB336 #36B38B #4D36B3 #B3365D

split-complementary

#9CB336 #365DB3 #8B36B3

monochromatic

#4A551A #738428 #9CB336 #B8CD59 #CCDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB336

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB336	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)

#BEA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.149 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc975',
    500: '#9cb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb336;
$custom-light: #bcc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.04,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB336

secondary

#8C80C5

accent

#4BDD66

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB336

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

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