#9CBA27#9CBA27

#9CBA27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.166 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBA27
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 39)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -28.92, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 71.10, 114.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0858 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.166 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6360, 42.3322, 8.4234)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBA27 #4527BA

analogous

#BA8F27 #9CBA27 #53BA27

triadic

#9CBA27 #279CBA #BA279C

tetradic

#9CBA27 #27BA8F #4527BA #BA2753

square

#9CBA27 #27BA8F #4527BA #BA2753

split-complementary

#9CBA27 #2753BA #8F27BA

monochromatic

#475512 #72871C #9CBA27 #BAD846 #CDE379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CBA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#9CBA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBA27

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBA27	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)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cba27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.166 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce6e',
    500: '#9cba27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cba27;
$custom-light: #bdce6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cba27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBA27

secondary

#8472CB

accent

#40E862

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBA27

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

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