#9CBD36#9CBD36

#9CBD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.161 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD36
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(75, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -29.61, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 67.75, 115.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0865 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.161 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5742, 43.7294, 10.2138)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD36 #5736BD

analogous

#BD9B36 #9CBD36 #58BD36

triadic

#9CBD36 #369CBD #BD369C

tetradic

#9CBD36 #36BD9B #5736BD #BD3658

square

#9CBD36 #36BD9B #5736BD #BD3658

split-complementary

#9CBD36 #3658BD #9B36BD

monochromatic

#4D5E1B #758D28 #9CBD36 #B5D15F #CBDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9CBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD36

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD36	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.161 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd176',
    500: '#9cbd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd36;
$custom-light: #bdd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD36

secondary

#9685C9

accent

#49DF6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD36

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

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