#9CB950#9CB950

#9CB950 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB950
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(77, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(77, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -25.80, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 55.49, 117.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0735 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.136 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5074, 42.3449, 14.0487)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB950 #6D50B9

analogous

#B9A150 #9CB950 #68B950

triadic

#9CB950 #509CB9 #B9509C

tetradic

#9CB950 #50B9A1 #6D50B9 #B95068

square

#9CB950 #50B9A1 #6D50B9 #B95068

split-complementary

#9CB950 #5068B9 #A150B9

monochromatic

#556629 #79923A #9CB950 #B5CA7C #CDDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#9CB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB950

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB950	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbce85',
    500: '#9cb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb950;
$custom-light: #bbce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.571,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74204,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB950

secondary

#A89BC9

accent

#55D378

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB950

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

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