#9CB338#9CB338

#9CB338 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.148 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB338
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -24.67, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 62.40, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0727 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.148 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5448, 39.5938, 9.7739)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB338 #4F38B3

analogous

#B38C38 #9CB338 #5EB338

triadic

#9CB338 #389CB3 #B3389C

tetradic

#9CB338 #38B38C #4F38B3 #B3385E

square

#9CB338 #38B38C #4F38B3 #B3385E

split-complementary

#9CB338 #385EB3 #8C38B3

monochromatic

#4B561B #738429 #9CB338 #B7CC5C #CCDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9CB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB338

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB338	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc976',
    500: '#9cb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb338;
$custom-light: #bcc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.22,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB338

secondary

#8E82C5

accent

#4CDC67

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB338

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

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