#9CB42E#9CB42E

#9CB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.155 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB42E
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -25.71, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 66.36, 112.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0764 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.155 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5253, 39.9079, 8.6791)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB42E #462EB4

analogous

#B4892E #9CB42E #59B42E

triadic

#9CB42E #2E9CB4 #B42E9C

tetradic

#9CB42E #2EB489 #462EB4 #B42E59

square

#9CB42E #2EB489 #462EB4 #B42E59

split-complementary

#9CB42E #2E59B4 #892EB4

monochromatic

#485315 #728322 #9CB42E #BAD24E #CDDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9CB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB42E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB42E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.155 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca71',
    500: '#9cb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb42e;
$custom-light: #bdca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.746,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB42E

secondary

#8577C7

accent

#45E261

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB42E

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

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