#9BC456#9BC456

#9BC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC456
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -30.91, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 58.76, 121.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0871 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.146 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9372, 47.1198, 16.0567)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC456 #7F56C4

analogous

#C4B656 #9BC456 #64C456

triadic

#9BC456 #569BC4 #C4569B

tetradic

#9BC456 #56C4B6 #7F56C4 #C45664

square

#9BC456 #56C4B6 #7F56C4 #C45664

split-complementary

#9BC456 #5664C4 #B656C4

monochromatic

#5A7629 #7CA439 #9BC456 #B6D483 #D1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9BC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#9BC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC456

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC456	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd689',
    500: '#9bc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc456;
$custom-light: #bbd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.364,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC456

secondary

#B5A4D2

accent

#50D883

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC456

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

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