#9CBD2A#9CBD2A

#9CBD2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.168 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD2A
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(73, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -30.21, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 71.56, 114.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0891 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.168 122)
XYZ	xyz(32.3263, 43.6302, 8.9085)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD2A #4B2ABD

analogous

#BD942A #9CBD2A #53BD2A

triadic

#9CBD2A #2A9CBD #BD2A9C

tetradic

#9CBD2A #2ABD94 #4B2ABD #BD2A53

square

#9CBD2A #2ABD94 #4B2ABD #BD2A53

split-complementary

#9CBD2A #2A53BD #942ABD

monochromatic

#495914 #738B1F #9CBD2A #B8D74D #CCE37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9CBD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD2A

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD2A	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.168 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd170',
    500: '#9cbd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd2a;
$custom-light: #bdd170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.469,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.16805,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.4363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD2A

secondary

#8A78CB

accent

#41E766

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121408

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD2A

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

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