#9CB537#9CB537

#9CB537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.151 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB537
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -25.71, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 63.69, 113.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0756 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.151 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9243, 40.3916, 9.7809)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB537 #5037B5

analogous

#B58F37 #9CB537 #5DB537

triadic

#9CB537 #379CB5 #B5379C

tetradic

#9CB537 #37B58F #5037B5 #B5375D

square

#9CB537 #37B58F #5037B5 #B5375D

split-complementary

#9CB537 #375DB5 #8F37B5

monochromatic

#4B571A #748629 #9CB537 #B7CD5C #CCDC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#9CB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB537

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB537	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.151 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb76',
    500: '#9cb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb537;
$custom-light: #bccb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.15102,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB537

secondary

#8F82C6

accent

#4BDD68

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB537

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

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