#9CB831#9CB831

#9CB831 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.158 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB831
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -27.49, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 67.15, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0811 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.158 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4057, 41.5707, 9.2746)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB831 #4D31B8

analogous

#B89031 #9CB831 #59B831

triadic

#9CB831 #319CB8 #B8319C

tetradic

#9CB831 #31B890 #4D31B8 #B83159

square

#9CB831 #31B890 #4D31B8 #B83159

split-complementary

#9CB831 #3159B8 #9031B8

monochromatic

#4A5717 #738824 #9CB831 #B8D255 #CCDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9CB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#9CB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB831

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB831	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.158 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcd73',
    500: '#9cb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb831;
$custom-light: #bdcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB831

secondary

#8C7DC8

accent

#47E167

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB831

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

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