#9cb12e

Color #9cb12e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 17.08 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9cb12e

RGB

rgb(156, 177, 46)

HSL

hsl(69.6, 58.7%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.6, 74%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 74%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(68.54, -24.25, 60.35)

LCH

lch(68.54, 65.04, 111.89)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.152, 118.45)

HWB

hwb(69.6, 18%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#432eb1

Analogous

#b1842e

#9cb12e

#5bb12e

Triadic

#9cb12e

#2e9cb1

#b12e9c

Split-complementary

#9cb12e

#2e5bb1

#842eb1

Tetradic

#9cb12e

#2eb143

#432eb1

#b12e9c

Square

#9cb12e

#2eb184

#432eb1

#b12e5b

Shades

Color #9cb12e mixed toward black.

#829326

#68761f

#4e5817

#343b0f

#1a1d08

Tints

Color #9cb12e mixed toward white.

#b7ce41

#c5d767

#d4e18d

#e2ebb3

#f1f5d9

Tones

Color #9cb12e mixed toward gray.

#95a639

#8d9b44

#86904f

#7e855a

#777a65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a664 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a36c · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#9d7d82 · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cb12e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cb12e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9cb12e (#9cb12e) is rgb(156, 177, 46) in RGB.

No, #9cb12e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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