#9CB931#9CB931

#9CB931 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.160 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB931
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(73, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -27.97, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 67.60, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0824 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.16 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6142, 41.9876, 9.3441)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB931 #4E31B9

analogous

#B99231 #9CB931 #58B931

triadic

#9CB931 #319CB9 #B9319C

tetradic

#9CB931 #31B992 #4E31B9 #B93158

square

#9CB931 #31B992 #4E31B9 #B93158

split-complementary

#9CB931 #3158B9 #9231B9

monochromatic

#4A5817 #738924 #9CB931 #B7D255 #CCDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9CB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#9CB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB931

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB931	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.160 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce73',
    500: '#9cb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb931;
$custom-light: #bdce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.794,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73927,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB931

secondary

#8D7DC8

accent

#46E167

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB931

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

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