#9CB738#9CB738

#9CB738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.153 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB738
RGB	rgb(156, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -26.62, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 64.25, 114.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0781 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.153 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3581, 41.2205, 10.0450)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB738 #5338B7

analogous

#B79338 #9CB738 #5DB738

triadic

#9CB738 #389CB7 #B7389C

tetradic

#9CB738 #38B793 #5338B7 #B7385D

square

#9CB738 #38B793 #5338B7 #B7385D

split-complementary

#9CB738 #385DB7 #9338B7

monochromatic

#4C591B #74882A #9CB738 #B6CE5E #CBDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#9CB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB738

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB738	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.153 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccc76',
    500: '#9cb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb738;
$custom-light: #bccc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.756,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB738

secondary

#9284C7

accent

#4BDD6A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB738

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

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