#9CBA2A#9CBA2A

#9CBA2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.165 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBA2A
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(73, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -28.79, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 70.24, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0852 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.165 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6877, 42.3529, 8.6956)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBA2A #482ABA

analogous

#BA902A #9CBA2A #54BA2A

triadic

#9CBA2A #2A9CBA #BA2A9C

tetradic

#9CBA2A #2ABA90 #482ABA #BA2A54

square

#9CBA2A #2ABA90 #482ABA #BA2A54

split-complementary

#9CBA2A #2A54BA #902ABA

monochromatic

#485613 #72881F #9CBA2A #B9D64B #CDE27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CBA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#9CBA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBA2A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBA2A	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)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.165 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce70',
    500: '#9cba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cba2a;
$custom-light: #bdce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBA2A

secondary

#8776CA

accent

#42E664

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBA2A

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

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