#9CBC38#9CBC38

#9CBC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.159 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBC38
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -29.02, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 66.58, 115.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0847 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.159 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4078, 43.3198, 10.3949)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBC38 #5838BC

analogous

#BC9A38 #9CBC38 #5ABC38

triadic

#9CBC38 #389CBC #BC389C

tetradic

#9CBC38 #38BC9A #5838BC #BC385A

square

#9CBC38 #38BC9A #5838BC #BC385A

split-complementary

#9CBC38 #385ABC #9A38BC

monochromatic

#4E5E1C #758D2A #9CBC38 #B5D061 #CBDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#9CBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBC38

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBC38	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.159 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd077',
    500: '#9cbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbc38;
$custom-light: #bcd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBC38

secondary

#9787C9

accent

#4ADD6E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBC38

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

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