#9CBD31#9CBD31

#9CBD31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.164 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD31
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -29.88, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 69.42, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0877 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.164 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4627, 43.6848, 9.6269)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD31 #5231BD

analogous

#BD9831 #9CBD31 #56BD31

triadic

#9CBD31 #319CBD #BD319C

tetradic

#9CBD31 #31BD98 #5231BD #BD3156

square

#9CBD31 #31BD98 #5231BD #BD3156

split-complementary

#9CBD31 #3156BD #9831BD

monochromatic

#4C5C18 #748C24 #9CBD31 #B6D458 #CBE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CBD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#9CBD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD31

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD31	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.164 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd173',
    500: '#9cbd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd31;
$custom-light: #bdd173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD31

secondary

#9180CA

accent

#46E26B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD31

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

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