#9CBB3A#9CBB3A
#9CBB3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.156 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CBB3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 187, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 53%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 69%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16.6%, 0%, 69%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.50, -28.42, 58.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.50, 65.39, 115.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.46% -0.0829 0.1325) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.46% 0.156 122) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.2448, 42.9140, 10.5867) |
| Luminance | 0.4291 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 1.58
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.76
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.00
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.14
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.21
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CBB3A #593ABB
analogous
#BB9A3A #9CBB3A #5BBB3A
triadic
#9CBB3A #3A9CBB #BB3A9C
tetradic
#9CBB3A #3ABB9A #593ABB #BB3A5B
square
#9CBB3A #3ABB9A #593ABB #BB3A5B
split-complementary
#9CBB3A #3A5BBB #9A3ABB
monochromatic
#4E5E1D #758C2C #9CBB3A #B5CF63 #CBDD92
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#9CBB3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.58
#9CBB3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CBB3A
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CBB3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CBB3A | 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)
#C6B026
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2AF44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4B2A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9cbb3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.156 122.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bccf78',
500: '#9cbb3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9cbb3a; $custom-light: #bccf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9cbb3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 187,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 74.419,
"s": 52.653,
"l": 48.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74457,
"c": 0.15626,
"h": 122
},
"luminance": 0.42914
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CBB3A
secondary
#9888C8
accent
#4CDC6E
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#121309
muted
#81827B