#9CBD28#9CBD28

#9CBD28 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.169 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD28
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 40)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(73, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -30.30, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 72.12, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0895 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.169 122)
XYZ	xyz(32.2914, 43.6163, 8.7247)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD28 #4928BD

analogous

#BD9428 #9CBD28 #51BD28

triadic

#9CBD28 #289CBD #BD289C

tetradic

#9CBD28 #28BD94 #4928BD #BD2851

square

#9CBD28 #28BD94 #4928BD #BD2851

split-complementary

#9CBD28 #2851BD #9428BD

monochromatic

#495813 #728A1D #9CBD28 #B9D94A #CCE37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9CBD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD28

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD28	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)

#C5B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.169 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd16f',
    500: '#9cbd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd28;
$custom-light: #bdd16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.289,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74807,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.43616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD28

secondary

#8875CB

accent

#40E865

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD28

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

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