#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
RGBrgb(156, 181, 55)
HSLhsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(72, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(69.75, -25.71, 58.27)
CIE-LCHlch(69.75, 63.69, 113.81°)
OKLaboklab(73.04% -0.0756 0.1307)
OKLCHoklch(73.04% 0.151 120.1)
XYZxyz(30.9243, 40.3916, 9.7809)
Luminance0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##9CB5371.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

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

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#9CB537 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva