#9CB932#9CB932

#9CB932 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.159 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB932
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 50)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -27.92, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 67.27, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0822 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.159 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6355, 41.9962, 9.4565)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB932 #4F32B9

analogous

#B99232 #9CB932 #58B932

triadic

#9CB932 #329CB9 #B9329C

tetradic

#9CB932 #32B992 #4F32B9 #B93258

square

#9CB932 #32B992 #4F32B9 #B93258

split-complementary

#9CB932 #3258B9 #9232B9

monochromatic

#4B5918 #738925 #9CB932 #B7D257 #CCDF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9CB932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#9CB932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB932

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB932	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)

#C4AE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.159 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce73',
    500: '#9cb932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb932;
$custom-light: #bdce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB932

secondary

#8E7FC8

accent

#47E168

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB932

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

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