#9CBD38#9CBD38

#9CBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.160 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CBD38
RGBrgb(156, 189, 56)
HSLhsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(75, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(17.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.06, -29.49, 60.21)
CIE-LCHlch(72.06, 67.05, 116.10°)
OKLaboklab(74.91% -0.086 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(74.91% 0.16 122.5)
XYZxyz(32.6221, 43.7485, 10.4663)
Luminance0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CBD38 #5938BD
analogous
#BD9B38 #9CBD38 #59BD38
triadic
#9CBD38 #389CBD #BD389C
tetradic
#9CBD38 #38BD9B #5938BD #BD3859
square
#9CBD38 #38BD9B #5938BD #BD3859
split-complementary
#9CBD38 #3859BD #9B38BD
monochromatic
#4E5F1C #758E2A #9CBD38 #B5D062 #CBDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#9CBD38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75
#9CBD38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD38
9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CBD38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CBD381.002.159.759.75
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7521.001.001.00
##0000009.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B122
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B143
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4B3A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.160 122.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd177',
    500: '#9cbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cbd38;
$custom-light: #bdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.887,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CBD38
secondary
#9887C9
accent
#4ADE6F
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#121409
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#9CBD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva