#9CBD37#9CBD37

#9CBD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.161 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD37
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -29.55, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 67.40, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0863 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.161 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5979, 43.7388, 10.3388)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD37 #5837BD

analogous

#BD9B37 #9CBD37 #59BD37

triadic

#9CBD37 #379CBD #BD379C

tetradic

#9CBD37 #37BD9B #5837BD #BD3759

square

#9CBD37 #37BD9B #5837BD #BD3759

split-complementary

#9CBD37 #3759BD #9B37BD

monochromatic

#4E5E1B #758E29 #9CBD37 #B5D160 #CBDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9CBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD37

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD37	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)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.161 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd176',
    500: '#9cbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd37;
$custom-light: #bdd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.776,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD37

secondary

#9786C9

accent

#4ADE6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD37

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

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