#9CB522#9CB522

#9CB522 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.163 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB522
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 81.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -26.71, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 70.31, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0801 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.163 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5236, 40.2313, 7.6705)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB522 #3B22B5

analogous

#B58522 #9CB522 #53B522

triadic

#9CB522 #229CB5 #B5229C

tetradic

#9CB522 #22B585 #3B22B5 #B52253

square

#9CB522 #22B585 #3B22B5 #B52253

split-complementary

#9CB522 #2253B5 #8522B5

monochromatic

#434E0F #708118 #9CB522 #BFDA3A #D0E46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9CB522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#9CB522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB522

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB522	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.163 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcb6c',
    500: '#9cb522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb522;
$custom-light: #bdcb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.204,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB522

secondary

#7969CA

accent

#3DEB5A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB522

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

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