#9CBE35#9CBE35

#9CBE35 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.163 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE35
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(75, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -30.14, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 68.55, 116.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.088 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.163 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7668, 44.1517, 10.1634)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE35 #5735BE

analogous

#BE9C35 #9CBE35 #57BE35

triadic

#9CBE35 #359CBE #BE359C

tetradic

#9CBE35 #35BE9C #5735BE #BE3557

square

#9CBE35 #35BE9C #5735BE #BE3557

split-complementary

#9CBE35 #3557BE #9C35BE

monochromatic

#4D5E1A #758E28 #9CBE35 #B5D25E #CBDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#9CBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE35

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE35	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.163 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd175',
    500: '#9cbe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe35;
$custom-light: #bdd175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.891,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE35

secondary

#9685CA

accent

#48E06E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE35

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

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