#9CB72E#9CB72E

#9CB72E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.159 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB72E
RGB	rgb(156, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -27.16, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 67.69, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0804 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.159 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1375, 41.1322, 8.8832)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB72E #492EB7

analogous

#B78E2E #9CB72E #57B72E

triadic

#9CB72E #2E9CB7 #B72E9C

tetradic

#9CB72E #2EB78E #492EB7 #B72E57

square

#9CB72E #2EB78E #492EB7 #B72E57

split-complementary

#9CB72E #2E57B7 #8E2EB7

monochromatic

#495515 #728622 #9CB72E #B9D34F #CCDF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#9CB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB72E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB72E	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.159 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcc71',
    500: '#9cb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb72e;
$custom-light: #bdcc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.825,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB72E

secondary

#8879C8

accent

#45E364

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB72E

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

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