#9CBD3C#9CBD3C
#9CBD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.157 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CBD3C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 189, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(75, 52%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(75, 68%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.09, -29.25, 58.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.09, 65.60, 116.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.94% -0.085 0.1324) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.94% 0.157 122.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.7239, 43.7892, 11.0023) |
| Luminance | 0.4379 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.05
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.30
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.34
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.34
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.40
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CBD3C #5D3CBD
analogous
#BD9E3C #9CBD3C #5CBD3C
triadic
#9CBD3C #3C9CBD #BD3C9C
tetradic
#9CBD3C #3CBD9E #5D3CBD #BD3C5C
square
#9CBD3C #3CBD9E #5D3CBD #BD3C5C
split-complementary
#9CBD3C #3C5CBD #9E3CBD
monochromatic
#4F601F #768F2D #9CBD3C #B4CF67 #CBDE96
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#9CBD3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.76
#9CBD3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CBD3C
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CBD3C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CBD3C | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.76 | 9.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B229
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B146
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4B4A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9cbd3c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.157 122.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcd179',
500: '#9cbd3c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9cbd3c; $custom-light: #bcd179; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9cbd3c",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 189,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 75.349,
"s": 51.807,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74938,
"c": 0.15735,
"h": 122.7
},
"luminance": 0.43789
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CBD3C
secondary
#9B8CC9
accent
#4DDB71
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#121409
muted
#81827B