#9CB927#9CB927

#9CB927 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.165 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB927
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 39)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 78.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -28.44, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 70.67, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0845 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.165 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4261, 41.9124, 8.3534)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB927 #4427B9

analogous

#B98D27 #9CB927 #53B927

triadic

#9CB927 #279CB9 #B9279C

tetradic

#9CB927 #27B98D #4427B9 #B92753

square

#9CB927 #27B98D #4427B9 #B92753

split-complementary

#9CB927 #2753B9 #8D27B9

monochromatic

#475412 #71861C #9CB927 #BBD845 #CDE378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CB927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#9CB927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB927

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB927	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.165 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce6e',
    500: '#9cb927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb927;
$custom-light: #bdce6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB927

secondary

#8372CA

accent

#40E861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB927

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

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