#9CBD2B#9CBD2B

#9CBD2B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.168 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD2B
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(74, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -30.17, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 71.27, 115.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0889 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.168 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3445, 43.6375, 9.0039)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD2B #4C2BBD

analogous

#BD952B #9CBD2B #53BD2B

triadic

#9CBD2B #2B9CBD #BD2B9C

tetradic

#9CBD2B #2BBD95 #4C2BBD #BD2B53

square

#9CBD2B #2BBD95 #4C2BBD #BD2B53

split-complementary

#9CBD2B #2B53BD #952BBD

monochromatic

#4A5914 #738B20 #9CBD2B #B8D74E #CCE280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9CBD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD2B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD2B	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: #9cbd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.168 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd171',
    500: '#9cbd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd2b;
$custom-light: #bdd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.562,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD2B

secondary

#8B79CB

accent

#42E667

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121408

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD2B

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

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