#9CBE49#9CBE49

#9CBE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.149 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE49
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -28.80, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 61.01, 118.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0825 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.149 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3266, 44.3757, 13.1117)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE49 #6B49BE

analogous

#BEA649 #9CBE49 #62BE49

triadic

#9CBE49 #499CBE #BE499C

tetradic

#9CBE49 #49BEA6 #6B49BE #BE4962

square

#9CBE49 #49BEA6 #6B49BE #BE4962

split-complementary

#9CBE49 #4962BE #A649BE

monochromatic

#546825 #799535 #9CBE49 #B5CE76 #CDDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9CBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE49

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE49	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.149 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd181',
    500: '#9cbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe49;
$custom-light: #bcd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.436,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.14878,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE49

secondary

#A798CB

accent

#51D778

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12140B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE49

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

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