#9CBA36#9CBA36

#9CBA36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.158 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBA36
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(74, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -28.18, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 66.36, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0826 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.158 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9355, 42.4521, 10.0010)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBA36 #5436BA

analogous

#BA9636 #9CBA36 #5ABA36

triadic

#9CBA36 #369CBA #BA369C

tetradic

#9CBA36 #36BA96 #5436BA #BA365A

square

#9CBA36 #36BA96 #5436BA #BA365A

split-complementary

#9CBA36 #365ABA #9636BA

monochromatic

#4C5B1A #748B28 #9CBA36 #B6D05D #CBDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#9CBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBA36

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBA36	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.158 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce76',
    500: '#9cba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cba36;
$custom-light: #bdce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBA36

secondary

#9384C8

accent

#49DE6B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBA36

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

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