#9CBB38#9CBB38

#9CBB38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.158 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBB38
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(74, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -28.54, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 66.11, 115.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0834 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.158 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1949, 42.8940, 10.3239)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBB38 #5738BB

analogous

#BB9838 #9CBB38 #5BBB38

triadic

#9CBB38 #389CBB #BB389C

tetradic

#9CBB38 #38BB98 #5738BB #BB385B

square

#9CBB38 #38BB98 #5738BB #BB385B

split-complementary

#9CBB38 #385BBB #9838BB

monochromatic

#4D5D1C #758C2A #9CBB38 #B5D061 #CBDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#9CBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBB38

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBB38	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.158 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccf77',
    500: '#9cbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbb38;
$custom-light: #bccf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.198,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74442,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBB38

secondary

#9686C8

accent

#4BDD6D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBB38

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

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