#9CBE31#9CBE31

#9CBE31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.166 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE31
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -30.35, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 69.87, 115.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.089 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.166 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6786, 44.1165, 9.6989)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE31 #5331BE

analogous

#BE9A31 #9CBE31 #56BE31

triadic

#9CBE31 #319CBE #BE319C

tetradic

#9CBE31 #31BE9A #5331BE #BE3156

square

#9CBE31 #31BE9A #5331BE #BE3156

split-complementary

#9CBE31 #3156BE #9A31BE

monochromatic

#4C5D18 #748D24 #9CBE31 #B6D458 #CBE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CBE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#9CBE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE31

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE31	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.166 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd173',
    500: '#9cbe31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe31;
$custom-light: #bdd173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE31

secondary

#9280CA

accent

#46E26B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE31

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

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