#9CBE38#9CBE38

#9CBE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.161 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE38
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -29.97, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 67.51, 116.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0873 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.161 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8380, 44.1802, 10.5383)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE38 #5A38BE

analogous

#BE9D38 #9CBE38 #59BE38

triadic

#9CBE38 #389CBE #BE389C

tetradic

#9CBE38 #38BE9D #5A38BE #BE3859

square

#9CBE38 #38BE9D #5A38BE #BE3859

split-complementary

#9CBE38 #3859BE #9D38BE

monochromatic

#4E5F1C #758F2A #9CBE38 #B5D162 #CBDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#9CBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE38

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE38	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.161 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd177',
    500: '#9cbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe38;
$custom-light: #bdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.224,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE38

secondary

#9988CA

accent

#4ADE6F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE38

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

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