#9CB437#9CB437

#9CB437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.150 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB437
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -25.22, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 63.23, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0743 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.15 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7217, 39.9864, 9.7134)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB437 #4F37B4

analogous

#B48D37 #9CB437 #5DB437

triadic

#9CB437 #379CB4 #B4379C

tetradic

#9CB437 #37B48D #4F37B4 #B4375D

square

#9CB437 #37B48D #4F37B4 #B4375D

split-complementary

#9CB437 #375DB4 #8D37B4

monochromatic

#4B561A #738529 #9CB437 #B7CD5B #CCDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9CB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB437

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB437	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.150 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca75',
    500: '#9cb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb437;
$custom-light: #bcca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB437

secondary

#8E81C6

accent

#4BDD67

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB437

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

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