#9CBE37#9CBE37

#9CBE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.162 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE37
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -30.03, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 67.86, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0876 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.162 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8138, 44.1705, 10.4107)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE37 #5937BE

analogous

#BE9C37 #9CBE37 #58BE37

triadic

#9CBE37 #379CBE #BE379C

tetradic

#9CBE37 #37BE9C #5937BE #BE3758

square

#9CBE37 #37BE9C #5937BE #BE3758

split-complementary

#9CBE37 #3758BE #9C37BE

monochromatic

#4E5F1C #758F29 #9CBE37 #B5D161 #CBDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#9CBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE37

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE37	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)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.162 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd176',
    500: '#9cbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe37;
$custom-light: #bdd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE37

secondary

#9887CA

accent

#49DE6F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE37

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

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