#9CBC3E#9CBC3E
#9CBC3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.155 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CBC3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 188, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(75, 50%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(75, 67%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(17%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.81, -28.64, 57.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.81, 64.38, 116.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.72% -0.0831 0.1305) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.72% 0.155 122.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.5634, 43.3821, 11.2146) |
| Luminance | 0.4338 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.01
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.09
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.17
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.56
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.60
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CBC3E #5E3EBC
analogous
#BC9D3E #9CBC3E #5DBC3E
triadic
#9CBC3E #3E9CBC #BC3E9C
tetradic
#9CBC3E #3EBC9D #5E3EBC #BC3E5D
square
#9CBC3E #3EBC9D #5E3EBC #BC3E5D
split-complementary
#9CBC3E #3E5DBC #9D3EBC
monochromatic
#506020 #768E2F #9CBC3E #B4CE6A #CBDD98
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#9CBC3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.68
#9CBC3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CBC3E
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CBC3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CBC3E | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.68 | 9.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B12C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B048
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4B3A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9cbc3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.155 122.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcd07a',
500: '#9cbc3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9cbc3e; $custom-light: #bcd07a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9cbc3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 188,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 75.238,
"s": 50.4,
"l": 49.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74722,
"c": 0.1547,
"h": 122.5
},
"luminance": 0.43382
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CBC3E
secondary
#9C8DC9
accent
#4EDA71
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#12140A
muted
#81827C