#9CBD4E#9CBD4E

#9CBD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBD4E
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(78, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(78, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -27.91, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 58.41, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0796 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.143 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2832, 44.0130, 13.9481)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBD4E #6F4EBD

analogous

#BDA74E #9CBD4E #64BD4E

triadic

#9CBD4E #4E9CBD #BD4E9C

tetradic

#9CBD4E #4EBDA7 #6F4EBD #BD4E64

square

#9CBD4E #4EBDA7 #6F4EBD #BD4E64

split-complementary

#9CBD4E #4E64BD #A74EBD

monochromatic

#566927 #7A9638 #9CBD4E #B5CE7B #CEDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#9CBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBD4E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBD4E	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd184',
    500: '#9cbd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbd4e;
$custom-light: #bcd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.838,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75107,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBD4E

secondary

#AA9BCC

accent

#52D579

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12140B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBD4E

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

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