#9CBC56#9CBC56

#9CBC56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBC56
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(79, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -26.70, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 54.40, 119.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0755 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.135 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3733, 43.7060, 15.4802)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBC56 #7656BC

analogous

#BCA956 #9CBC56 #69BC56

triadic

#9CBC56 #569CBC #BC569C

tetradic

#9CBC56 #56BCA9 #7656BC #BC5669

square

#9CBC56 #56BCA9 #7656BC #BC5669

split-complementary

#9CBC56 #5669BC #A956BC

monochromatic

#586D2B #7C983C #9CBC56 #B6CD82 #CFDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#9CBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBC56

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBC56	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd089',
    500: '#9cbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbc56;
$custom-light: #bbd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBC56

secondary

#AFA1CD

accent

#55D37C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBC56

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

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