#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
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -29.49, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 67.05, 116.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.086 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.16 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6221, 43.7485, 10.4663)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9CBD38	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)

#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

Preview with #9CBD38

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

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