#9CBC42#9CBC42

#9CBC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.152 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBC42
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -28.37, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 62.83, 116.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.082 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.152 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6772, 43.4276, 11.8140)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBC42 #6242BC

analogous

#BC9F42 #9CBC42 #5FBC42

triadic

#9CBC42 #429CBC #BC429C

tetradic

#9CBC42 #42BC9F #6242BC #BC425F

square

#9CBC42 #42BC9F #6242BC #BC425F

split-complementary

#9CBC42 #425FBC #9F42BC

monochromatic

#516122 #768F32 #9CBC42 #B4CC6F #CBDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#9CBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBC42

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBC42	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.152 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd07c',
    500: '#9cbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbc42;
$custom-light: #bcd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74756,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBC42

secondary

#A091C9

accent

#50D874

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBC42

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

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