#9CB73B#9CB73B

#9CB73B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.151 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CB73B
RGBrgb(156, 183, 59)
HSLhsl(73, 51%, 47%)
HSVhsv(73, 68%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(14.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -26.43, 57.33)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 63.13, 114.75°)
OKLaboklab(73.54% -0.0773 0.1294)
OKLCHoklch(73.54% 0.151 120.9)
XYZxyz(31.4337, 41.2507, 10.4430)
Luminance0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CB73B #563BB7
analogous
#B7943B #9CB73B #5EB73B
triadic
#9CB73B #3B9CB7 #B73B9C
tetradic
#9CB73B #3BB794 #563BB7 #B73B5E
square
#9CB73B #3BB794 #563BB7 #B73B5E
split-complementary
#9CB73B #3B5EB7 #943BB7
monochromatic
#4D5A1D #75892C #9CB73B #B6CD63 #CBDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#9CB73B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#9CB73B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB73B
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CB73B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CB73B1.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AC29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAC45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4AE9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.151 120.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccc78',
    500: '#9cb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cb73b;
$custom-light: #bccc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.065,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73536,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CB73B
secondary
#9587C6
accent
#4DDB6C
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8EE
border
#D0D1C9
text
#121309
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#9CB73B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva