#9CBE3B#9CBE3B

#9CBE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.159 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE3B
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(76, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(76, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -29.79, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 66.44, 116.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0865 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.159 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9135, 44.2105, 10.9363)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE3B #5D3BBE

analogous

#BE9F3B #9CBE3B #5BBE3B

triadic

#9CBE3B #3B9CBE #BE3B9C

tetradic

#9CBE3B #3BBE9F #5D3BBE #BE3B5B

square

#9CBE3B #3BBE9F #5D3BBE #BE3B5B

split-complementary

#9CBE3B #3B5BBE #9F3BBE

monochromatic

#4F611E #768F2C #9CBE3B #B4D067 #CBDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#9CBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE3B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE3B	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#C9B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.159 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd179',
    500: '#9cbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe3b;
$custom-light: #bcd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.573,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE3B

secondary

#9B8BCA

accent

#4CDC71

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE3B

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

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