#9CB438#9CB438

#9CB438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB438
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -25.16, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 62.86, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.074 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.149 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7459, 39.9961, 9.8409)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB438 #5038B4

analogous

#B48E38 #9CB438 #5EB438

triadic

#9CB438 #389CB4 #B4389C

tetradic

#9CB438 #38B48E #5038B4 #B4385E

square

#9CB438 #38B48E #5038B4 #B4385E

split-complementary

#9CB438 #385EB4 #8E38B4

monochromatic

#4B571B #748529 #9CB438 #B7CD5D #CCDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9CB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB438

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB438	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca76',
    500: '#9cb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb438;
$custom-light: #bcca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB438

secondary

#8F82C5

accent

#4CDC68

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB438

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

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