#9CBD2E#9CBD2E

#9CBD2E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.166 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD2E
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(74, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -30.03, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 70.36, 115.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0883 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.166 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4015, 43.6603, 9.3045)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD2E #4F2EBD

analogous

#BD962E #9CBD2E #54BD2E

triadic

#9CBD2E #2E9CBD #BD2E9C

tetradic

#9CBD2E #2EBD96 #4F2EBD #BD2E54

square

#9CBD2E #2EBD96 #4F2EBD #BD2E54

split-complementary

#9CBD2E #2E54BD #962EBD

monochromatic

#4B5B16 #738C22 #9CBD2E #B7D553 #CCE184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9CBD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD2E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD2E	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)

#C8B10A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.166 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd172',
    500: '#9cbd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd2e;
$custom-light: #bdd172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD2E

secondary

#8E7CCA

accent

#44E469

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD2E

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

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