#9CBC40#9CBC40

#9CBC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.153 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBC40
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(75, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -28.51, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 63.61, 116.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0825 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.153 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6193, 43.4044, 11.5089)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBC40 #6040BC

analogous

#BC9E40 #9CBC40 #5EBC40

triadic

#9CBC40 #409CBC #BC409C

tetradic

#9CBC40 #40BC9E #6040BC #BC405E

square

#9CBC40 #40BC9E #6040BC #BC405E

split-complementary

#9CBC40 #405EBC #9E40BC

monochromatic

#506121 #768E30 #9CBC40 #B4CD6C #CBDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#9CBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBC40

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBC40	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)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.153 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd07b',
    500: '#9cbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbc40;
$custom-light: #bcd07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBC40

secondary

#9E8FC9

accent

#4FD973

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBC40

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

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