#9CB72A#9CB72A

#9CB72A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.161 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB72A
RGB	rgb(156, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(71, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -27.35, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 68.93, 113.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0813 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.161 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0623, 41.1022, 8.4871)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB72A #452AB7

analogous

#B78C2A #9CB72A #56B72A

triadic

#9CB72A #2A9CB7 #B72A9C

tetradic

#9CB72A #2AB78C #452AB7 #B72A56

square

#9CB72A #2AB78C #452AB7 #B72A56

split-complementary

#9CB72A #2A56B7 #8C2AB7

monochromatic

#475313 #72851F #9CB72A #BAD549 #CDE17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9CB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB72A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB72A	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.161 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcc6f',
    500: '#9cb72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb72a;
$custom-light: #bdcc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB72A

secondary

#8474C9

accent

#42E661

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB72A

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

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