#9CBD22#9CBD22

#9CBD22 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.172 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD22
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(73, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(73, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -30.53, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 73.69, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0905 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.172 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1972, 43.5786, 8.2284)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD22 #4322BD

analogous

#BD9022 #9CBD22 #4EBD22

triadic

#9CBD22 #229CBD #BD229C

tetradic

#9CBD22 #22BD90 #4322BD #BD224E

square

#9CBD22 #22BD90 #4322BD #BD224E

split-complementary

#9CBD22 #224EBD #9022BD

monochromatic

#46550F #718919 #9CBD22 #BBDD40 #CEE673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9CBD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD22

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD22	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.172 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd16d',
    500: '#9cbd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd22;
$custom-light: #bdd16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD22

secondary

#826ECD

accent

#3BEC61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD22

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

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