#9CB342#9CB342

#9CB342 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB342
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -24.00, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 58.46, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0698 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.14 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8142, 39.7016, 11.1930)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB342 #5942B3

analogous

#B39142 #9CB342 #64B342

triadic

#9CB342 #429CB3 #B3429C

tetradic

#9CB342 #42B391 #5942B3 #B34264

square

#9CB342 #42B391 #5942B3 #B34264

split-complementary

#9CB342 #4264B3 #9142B3

monochromatic

#4E5A21 #758632 #9CB342 #B5C86A #CBD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9CB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB342

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB342	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc97c',
    500: '#9cb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb342;
$custom-light: #bcc97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.212,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB342

secondary

#988CC4

accent

#52D66D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB342

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

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