#9CBE40#9CBE40

#9CBE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.156 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE40
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(76, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -29.46, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 64.58, 117.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0852 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.156 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0495, 44.2648, 11.6523)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE40 #6240BE

analogous

#BEA140 #9CBE40 #5DBE40

triadic

#9CBE40 #409CBE #BE409C

tetradic

#9CBE40 #40BEA1 #6240BE #BE405D

square

#9CBE40 #40BEA1 #6240BE #BE405D

split-complementary

#9CBE40 #405DBE #A140BE

monochromatic

#516221 #769031 #9CBE40 #B4CE6D #CBDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#9CBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE40

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE40	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.156 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd17b',
    500: '#9cbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe40;
$custom-light: #bcd17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE40

secondary

#A090C9

accent

#4FD974

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE40

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

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