#9CB538#9CB538

#9CB538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB538
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -25.65, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 63.32, 113.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0754 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.15 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9485, 40.4013, 9.9084)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB538 #5138B5

analogous

#B59038 #9CB538 #5EB538

triadic

#9CB538 #389CB5 #B5389C

tetradic

#9CB538 #38B590 #5138B5 #B5385E

square

#9CB538 #38B590 #5138B5 #B5385E

split-complementary

#9CB538 #385EB5 #9038B5

monochromatic

#4B581B #74862A #9CB538 #B7CD5D #CCDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#9CB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB538

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB538	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb76',
    500: '#9cb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb538;
$custom-light: #bccb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB538

secondary

#9083C6

accent

#4CDC69

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB538

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

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