#9FBC36#9FBC36

#9FBC36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.159 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBC36
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(73, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -27.91, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 67.01, 114.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.082 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.159 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9477, 43.6037, 10.1699)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBC36 #5336BC

analogous

#BC9636 #9FBC36 #5CBC36

triadic

#9FBC36 #369FBC #BC369F

tetradic

#9FBC36 #36BC96 #5336BC #BC365C

square

#9FBC36 #36BC96 #5336BC #BC365C

split-complementary

#9FBC36 #365CBC #9636BC

monochromatic

#4F5D1B #778C28 #9FBC36 #B8D15E #CDDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9FBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9FBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBC36

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBC36	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.159 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd076',
    500: '#9fbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbc36;
$custom-light: #bfd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.985,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBC36

secondary

#9485C9

accent

#49DF69

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBC36

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

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