#9BB856#9BB856

#9BB856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB856
RGB	rgb(155, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -25.15, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 52.39, 118.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0711 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.13 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3379, 41.9213, 15.1903)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB856 #7356B8

analogous

#B8A456 #9BB856 #6AB856

triadic

#9BB856 #569BB8 #B8569B

tetradic

#9BB856 #56B8A4 #7356B8 #B8566A

square

#9BB856 #56B8A4 #7356B8 #B8566A

split-complementary

#9BB856 #566AB8 #A456B8

monochromatic

#56682C #7A933E #9BB856 #B4CA81 #CEDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9BB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#9BB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB856

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB856	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacd88',
    500: '#9bb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb856;
$custom-light: #bacd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.755,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB856

secondary

#ACA0CA

accent

#57D17B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB856

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

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