#9CBD3E#9CBD3E

#9CBD3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.156 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD3E
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(76, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(76, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -29.12, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 64.86, 116.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0844 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.156 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7778, 43.8108, 11.2860)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD3E #5F3EBD

analogous

#BD9F3E #9CBD3E #5CBD3E

triadic

#9CBD3E #3E9CBD #BD3E9C

tetradic

#9CBD3E #3EBD9F #5F3EBD #BD3E5C

square

#9CBD3E #3EBD9F #5F3EBD #BD3E5C

split-complementary

#9CBD3E #3E5CBD #9F3EBD

monochromatic

#506120 #768F2F #9CBD3E #B4CE6A #CBDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CBD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9CBD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD3E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD3E	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)

#C8B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.156 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd17a',
    500: '#9cbd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd3e;
$custom-light: #bcd17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.591,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD3E

secondary

#9D8EC9

accent

#4EDA72

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD3E

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

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