#9CB353#9CB353

#9CB353 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB353
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(74, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -22.58, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 51.04, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0642 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.125 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3920, 39.9327, 14.2359)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB353 #6A53B3

analogous

#B39A53 #9CB353 #6CB353

triadic

#9CB353 #539CB3 #B3539C

tetradic

#9CB353 #53B39A #6A53B3 #B3536C

square

#9CB353 #53B39A #6A53B3 #B3536C

split-complementary

#9CB353 #536CB3 #9A53B3

monochromatic

#54612B #798B3E #9CB353 #B4C67D #CDD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#9CB353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB353

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB353	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc986',
    500: '#9cb353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb353;
$custom-light: #bbc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.375,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB353

secondary

#A69CC6

accent

#59CF75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB353

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

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